• SonicOS 7
• About Device Settings
• Managing SonicWall Licenses
  • Licenses
  • Managing Security Services
    • Services Summary
    • Managing Security Services Online
      • Managing Services from SonicOS Management Interface
      • Synchronizing Changes
    • Manual Upgrade for Closed Environments
  • Registering Your SonicWall Appliance
  • Activating the Gateway Anti-Virus, Anti-Spyware, and IPS License
  • Activating FREE TRIALs
• System Administration
  • Configuring the Firewall Name
  • Enabling Wireless LAN and IPv6
  • Changing the Administrator Name and Password
  • Configuring Login Security
    • Configuring Password Compliance
    • Configuring Login Constraints
  • Multiple Administrators Support
    • Working of Multiple Administrators Support
      • Configuration Modes
      • User Groups
      • Priority for Preempting Administrators
      • GMS and Multiple Administrator Support
    • Configuring Multiple Administrator Access
  • Enabling Enhanced Audit Logging Support
  • Configuring the Wireless LAN Controller
  • Enabling SonicOS API and Configuring Authentication Methods
  • Enabling GMS Management
  • Configuring the Management Interface
    • Managing through HTTP/HTTPS
    • Selecting a Security Certificate
    • Controlling the Management Interface Tables
    • Enforcing TLS Version
    • Switching Configuration Modes
    • Deleting Browser Cookies
    • Configuring SSH Management
  • Client Certificate Verification
    • About Common Access Card
    • Configuring Client Certificate Verification
    • Using the Client Certificate Check
    • Checking Certificate Expiration
    • Troubleshooting User Lock Out
  • Selecting a Language
• Configuring Time Settings
  • Setting System Time
  • Configuring NTP Settings
    • Using a Custom NTP Server for Updating the Firewall Clock
    • Adding an NTP Server
    • Editing an NTP Server Entry
    • Deleting NTP Server Entry
• Managing Certificates
  • About Digital Certificates
  • About the Certificates Table
  • About Certificate Details
  • Importing Certificates
    • Importing a Local Certificate
    • Importing a Certificate Authority Certificate
    • Creating a PKCS-12 Formatted Certificate File (Linux Systems Only)
  • Deleting Certificates
  • Generating a Certificate Signing Request
  • Configuring Simple Certificate Enrollment Protocol
• Administering SNMP
  • About SNMP
  • Setting Up SNMP Access
    • Enabling and Configuring SNMP Access
      • Configuring Basic Functionality
      • Configuring SNMPv3 Engine IDs
      • Configuring Object IDs for SNMPv3 Views
    • Setting Up SNMPv3 Groups and Access
      • Creating Groups and Adding Users and Access
        • Creating a Group
        • Adding Access
        • Adding Users
  • Configuring SNMP as a Service and Adding Rules
• Firmware Settings
  • Firmware Management and Backup
    • Firmware Management & Backup Tables
      • Local Table
      • Cloud Table
      • Show Configuration Files Table
    • Searching the Table
  • Creating a Backup Firmware Image
    • Creating a Local Backup Firmware Image
    • Creating a Cloud Backup Firmware Image
    • Scheduling Firmware Image Backups
      • Scheduling a One-Time Backup
      • Scheduling Recurring Backups
      • Deleting Scheduled Backups
  • Updating Firmware
    • Updating Firmware Manually
    • Firmware Auto Update
    • Using SafeMode to Upgrade Firmware
  • Importing and Exporting Settings
    • Importing Settings
    • Exporting Settings
  • Configuring Firmware and Backup Settings
    • Send Settings or Reports by FTP
    • Sending Diagnostic Reports to Technical Support
    • Boot Settings
    • One-Touch Configuration Overrides
    • Enabling FIPS Mode
    • Enabling NDPP mode
• Storage
  • Installing or Replacing Storage Modules
  • Setting Storage Options
    • Configuring the Storage Module for Log File Storage
    • Purging a Storage Module
    • Viewing Trace Logs
• Restarting the System
• SonicWall Support
  • About This Document

Configuring Multiple Administrator Access

To configure multiple administrator access

1. Navigate to Device | Settings > Administration.

   Click Login / Multiple Administrators.

   

2. To configure what happens when one administrator preempts another administrator, from the On preemption by another admin option, select whether the preempted administrator can be converted to non-config mode or logged out:

   • Drop to non-config mode: More than one administrator to access the appliance in non-config mode without disrupting other administrators. This option is not selected by default.
   • Log out: The new administrator to preempt other sessions.

   Selecting Log Out disables Non-Config mode and prevents entering Non-Config mode manually.

3. To allow a lower-priority administrator to preempt the current administrator after a specified time, enter the time, in minutes, in the Allow preemption by a lower priority administrator after inactivity of (mins) field. The default is 10 minutes, the minimum is 1 minute, and the maximum is 9999 minutes.
4. The SonicOS Management Interface allows administrators to send text messages through the Management Interface to other administrators logged into the appliance. The message appears in the browser’s status bar. To enable this option:
   1. Select Inter-administrator messaging. The Messaging polling interval (seconds) field becomes active.
   2. Specify how often an administrator’s browser checks for inter-administrator messages in the Messaging polling interval (secs) field. Specify a reasonably short interval to ensure timely delivery of messages, especially if there are likely to be multiple administrators who need to access the appliance. The default is 10 seconds, the minimum is 1 second, and the maximum is 99 seconds.
5. To enable access by System Administrators, Cryptographic (Crypto) Administrators, and Audit Administrators, select Multiple Admin Roles. When this option is disabled, these administrators cannot access the system, and all related user groups and information about them are hidden. This option is not selected by default.