• SonicOS and SonicOSX 7 Users
• Configuring Users Status
  • Logging Out Users
    • Logging Out a Single User
    • Logging Out Multiple Users
  • Displaying Inactive Users
  • Displaying Unauthenticated Users
  • Displaying the User Count
  • Refreshing the Users List
• Configuring User Settings
  • User Login Settings
    • Setting the Authentication Method for Login
    • Setting the Single-Sign-On Methods
    • Requiring User Names be Treated as Case-Sensitive
    • Preventing Users From Logging in from More than One Location
    • Forcing Users to Log In Immediately After Changing Their Passwords
    • Displaying User Login Information Since the Last Login
  • One-Time Password Settings
  • Configuring the User Web Login Settings
    • Setting the Timeout for the Authentication Page
    • Setting How the Browser is Redirected
    • Managing Redirections to the Login Page
    • Using a CHAP challenge to Authenticate Users
    • Redirecting Unauthenticated Users
    • Adding URLs to Authentication Bypass
  • User Session Settings
    • User Session Settings for SSO-Authenticated Users
    • User Session Settings for Web Login
  • Accounting
    • Configuring RADIUS Accounting
      • Sending RADIUS Accounting Information to Servers
      • Configuring User Accounting
      • Testing RADIUS Accounting
      • Editing RADIUS Servers
      • Deleting RADIUS Servers
    • Configuring TACACS+ Accounting
• Configuring Guest Services
  • Adding Guest Profiles
  • Editing Guest Profiles
  • Deleting Guest Profiles
• Configuring Guest Accounts
  • Adding Guest Accounts
  • Editing Guest Accounts
  • Deleting Guest Accounts
    • Deleting a Guest Account
    • Deleting Multiple Guest Accounts
    • Deleting All Guest Accounts
  • Managing Guest Status
    • Logging Out Guests
    • Logging Out All Guests
• Configuring Local Users and Groups
  • About Authentication and Passwords
    • Using Two-Factor Authentication
    • Enforcing First Login Password Change
  • Configuring Local Users
    • Quota Control for all Users
    • Viewing Local Users
    • Adding Local Users
      • Configuring Local Users Settings
      • Configuring Local Users Groups
      • Configuring Local Users VPN Access
      • Configuring Local Users User Quota
    • Editing Local Users
  • Configuring Local Groups
    • Adding Local Groups
      • Configuring Local Groups Settings
      • Configuring Local Group Settings Members
      • Configuring Local Group Settings VPN Access
      • Configuring Local Group Settings Administration
    • Editing Local Groups
• SonicWall Support
  • About This Document

Adding Guest Accounts

To add a new guest account

1. Navigate to the Users > Guest Accounts page.
2. Under the list of guest accounts, click Add Guest Account.
3. Configure these parameters for the guest account:
   • Profile: Select the Guest Profile from which to generate this account.
   • Name: Enter a name for the account or click Generate. The generated name is the prefix in the profile and a random two or three digit number.
   • Comment: Enter a descriptive comment.
   • Password: Enter the user account password or click Generate. The generated password is a random string of eight alphabetic characters.
   • Confirm Password: If you did not generate the password, re-enter it.
   • Enable Guest Services Privilege: Check this for the account to be enabled upon creation.
   • Enforce login uniqueness: Check this to allow only one instance of this account to log into the security appliance at one time. Leave it unchecked to allow multiple users to use this account immediately.
   • Automatically prune account upon account expiration: Check this option to have the account removed from the database after its lifetime expires.
   • Select Activate account upon first login to begin the timing for the account expiration.
   • Account Lifetime: This setting defines how long an account remains on the security appliance before the account expires. You can specify from 1 to 9999 in the Account Expires field and select the type of duration from the drop-down menu:
     • Minutes
     • Hours
     • Days

     The default is 7 Days.

   • If Automatically prune account upon account expiration is:
     • Enabled, the account is deleted when it expires.
     • Disabled, the account remains in the Guest Accounts table with an Expired status to allow easy reactivation.

   • To define the maximum period of time when no traffic is passed on an activated guest services session, enter the timeout duration in Idle Timeout. Exceeding the period defined by this setting expires the session, but the account itself remains active as long as the Account Lifetime has not expired. The Idle Timeout cannot exceed the value set in the Session Lifetime.

     This setting overrides the idle timeout setting in the profile.

     You can specify from 1 to 9999 in the Account Lifetime field and select the type of duration from the drop-down menu:

     • Minutes
     • Hours
     • Days

     The default is 10 Minutes.

4. To specify the quota cycle type, select from the Quota Cycle Type Setting drop-down menu:
   • Non Cyclic (default)
   • Per Day
   • Per Week
   • Per Month

5. To define how long a guest login session remains active after it has been activated, specify the duration in Session Lifetime. By default, activation occurs the first time a guest user logs into an account. The Session Lifetime cannot exceed the value set in the Account Lifetime.

   This setting overrides the session lifetime setting in the profile.

   You can specify from 1 to 9999 in the Session Lifetime field and select the type of duration from the drop-down menu:

   • Minutes
   • Hours
   • Days

   The default is 1 Hours.

6. Receive limit (0 to disabled): Enter the number of megabytes the user is allowed to receive. The minimum number is 0, which disables the limit; the maximum is Unlimited, the default.
7. Transmit limit (0 to disabled): Enter the number of megabytes the user is allowed to transmit. The minimum number is 0, which disables the limit; the maximum is Unlimited, the default.
8. To limit the amount of data the user can receive, enter the amount, in MB, in Receive limit (0 to disable) field. The range is from 0 (no data can be received) to 999999999 MB to Unlimited (default).
9. To limit the amount of data the user can send, enter the amount, in MB, in Transmit limit (0 to disable) field. The range is from 0 (no data can be received) to 999999999 MB to Unlimited (default).
10. Click Update to generate the guest account.