SonicOS 8 Users
- SonicOS 8
- About SonicOS
- About User Management
- Using Local Users and Groups for Authentication
- Using RADIUS for Authentication
- Using LDAP/Active Directory/eDirectory Authentication
- Using RADIUS
- Using TACACS+
- Using Single Sign-On
- What is Single Sign-On?
- Benefits of SonicWall SSO
- Platforms and Supported Standards
- How Does Single Sign-On Work?
- How Does SSO Agent Work?
- How Does Terminal Services Agent Work?
- How Does Browser NTLM Authentication Work?
- How Does RADIUS Accounting for Single-Sign-On Work?
- Installing the Single Sign-On Agent and/or Terminal Services Agent
- Single Sign-On Advanced Features
- Configuring Access Rules
- Managing SonicOS with HTTP Login from a Terminal Server
- Viewing and Managing SSO User Sessions
- Multiple Administrator Support
- Configuring Users Status
- Configuring User Settings
- User Login Settings
- Setting the Authentication Method for Login
- Configuring RADIUS Authentication
- Configuring LDAP
- Configuring TACACS+
- 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
- Setting the Single-Sign-On Methods
- One-Time Password Settings
- Configuring the User Web Login Settings
- Adding URLs to Authentication Bypass
- User Session Settings
- Accounting
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- User Login Settings
- Configuring Local Users and Groups
- Configuring Guest Services
- Configuring Guest Accounts
- Managing Guest Status
- SonicWall Support
Configuring Local Users
Local users are users stored and managed on the SonicWall network security appliance’s local database. In Device > Users > Local Users & Groups, you can view and manage all local users, add new local users, and edit existing local users. You can also import users from your LDAP server.
| Check box | Used to select individual local users. |
| Expand/Collapse icons | By default, only the local user’s username is listed. Clicking the Expand icon displays the groups to which the local user belongs. |
| Name | Lists the username of the local user; when expanded lists the name(s) of the groups to which the local user belongs. |
| Guest Services | Indicates with a green checkmark icon whether guest services is active for the local user. |
| Admin | Displays the type of administration capabilities available to the local user. |
| VPN Access | Displays a Comment icon for each local user and each group to which the local user is a member. Mousing over the icon displays the status of the local group’s VPN access and that of each member of the group. |
| Comments | Displays a Comment icon for each local user and each group to which the local user is a member. Hovering over on the icon displays the comment entered when the local user or group was configured or edited. |
| UUID | Displays a alphanumeric label for the connected device. |
| Quota | For each local user, displays a Statistics icon. Mousing over the icon displays any usage quota for the local user. |
| Configure | Hovering over the each local user, displays the Edit and Delete icons. If an icon is dimmed or otherwise disabled, that function is not available for that local user or local group. |
For information about authentication and two-factor passwords, refer to About Authentication and Passwords.
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