You can add guest accounts individually or generate multiple guest accounts automatically. This section contains the following subsections for adding guest accounts:
• “Adding an Individual Guest Account” section on page 62
• “Generating Multiple Guest Accounts” section on page 64
• “Enabling Guest Accounts” section on page 65
• “Enabling Auto-prune for Guest Accounts” section on page 65
• “Printing Guest Account Details” section on page 66
• “Viewing Users > Guest Status” section on page 66
• “Logging Guest Accounts Off the SonicWALL Security Appliance” section on page 66
Adding an Individual Guest Account
To add an individual guest account:
Step 1 Under the list of accounts, click Add Guest.
Step 2 In the Settings tab of the Add Guest Account window, configure the following:
– Profile: Select the Guest Profile to generate this account from.
– 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.
Note Make a note of the password. Otherwise you will have to reset it.
Step 3 In the Guest Services tab, configure:
– 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 at once.
– Automatically prune account upon account expiration: Check this to have the account
removed from the database after its lifetime expires.
– Account Lifetime: This setting defines how long an account remains on the security appliance
before the account expires. If Auto-Prune is enabled, the account is deleted when it expires. If
the Auto-Prune checkbox is cleared, the account remains in the list of guest accounts with an
Expired status, allowing easy reactivation. This setting overrides the account lifetime setting
in the profile.
– Session Lifetime: Defines how long a guest login session remains active after the guest user
has logged in. The Session Lifetime cannot exceed the value set in the Account Lifetime. This setting overrides the session lifetime setting in the profile.
– Idle Timeout: Defines the maximum period of time when no traffic is passed on an activated
guest services session. 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.
Generating Multiple Guest Accounts
To generate multiple guest accounts:
Step 1 Under the list of accounts, click Generate.
Step 2 In the Settings tab of the Generate Guest Accounts window, configure the following fields:
– Profile: Select the Guest Profile to generate the accounts from.
– Number of Accounts: Enter the number of accounts to generate.
– User Name Prefix: Enter the prefix from which account names are generated. For example, if
you enter Guest the generated accounts will have names like “Guest 123” and “Guest 234”.
– Comment: Enter a descriptive comment.
Step 3 In the Guest Services tab, configure the following fields:
– Enable Guest Services Privilege: Check this for accounts to be enabled upon creation.
– Enforce login uniqueness: Check this to allow only one instance of each generated account to
log into the security appliance at one time. Leave it unchecked to allow multiple users to use this account at once.
– Automatically prune account upon account expiration: Check this to have the account
removed from the database after its lifetime expires.
– Account Lifetime: This setting defines how long an account remains on the security appliance
before the account expires. If Auto-Prune is enabled, the account is deleted when it expires. If
the Auto-Prune checkbox is cleared, the account remains in the list of guest accounts with an
Expired status, allowing easy reactivation. This setting overrides the account lifetime setting
– Session Lifetime: Defines how long a guest login session remains active after it has been activated. By default, activation occurs the first time a guest user logs into an account. Alternatively, activation can occur at the time the account is created by clearing the Activate
account upon first login checkbox. The Session Lifetime cannot exceed the value set in the
Account Lifetime. This setting overrides the session lifetime setting in the profile.
– Idle Timeout: Defines the maximum period of time when no traffic is passed on an activated
guest services session. 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.
Step 4 Click OK to generate the accounts.
Enabling Guest Accounts
You can enable or disable any number of accounts at one time. To enable one or more guest accounts:
Step 1 Check the box in the Enable column next to the name of the account you want to enable. Check the
Enable box in the table heading to enable all accounts on the page.
Step 2 Click on Apply in the top-right corner of the page.
Enabling Auto-prune for Guest Accounts
You can enable or disable auto-prune for any number of accounts at one time. When auto-prune is enabled, the account is deleted after it expires.
To enable auto-prune:
Step 1 Check the box in the Auto-Prune column next to the name of the account. Check the Auto-Prune box in the table heading to enable it on all accounts on the page.
Printing Guest Account Details
Print a summary of a guest account by clicking on the print icon to launch a summary account report page to an active printer.
Viewing Users > Guest Status
The Guest Status page reports on all the guest accounts currently logged in to the security appliance.
Logging Guest Accounts Off the SonicWALL Security Appliance
As administrator, you can log users off the SonicWALL security appliance:
• To log an individual user out, click the Logout icon in the Logout column for that user.
• To log multiple users out, click the checkbox in the first column to select individual users, or check the checkbox next to the # in the table heading to select all the guest users listed on the page. Then click Logout below the list.