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Define a New Group for Firebox Authentication

To simplify how you specify which users can authenticate to your Firebox, you can create groups of users in your Firebox configuration.

To create a group, from Fireware Web UI:Closed
  1. Select Authentication > Servers.
    The Authentication Servers page appears.
  2. From the Server list, select Firebox.
  3. In the Firebox Groups section, click Add.
    The Firebox Group dialog box appears.

Screenshot of the Setup Firebox Group dialog box

  1. Type a name for the group.
  2. (Optional) Type a description for the group.
  3. Select the Enable login limits for each user or group check box.
  4. Select a login limits option:
    • Allow unlimited concurrent firewall authentication logins from the same account
    • Limit concurrent user sessions to.
    1. In the text box, type or select the number of allowed concurrent user sessions.
    2. From the drop-down list, select an option:
      • Reject subsequent login attempts
      • Allow subsequent login attempts and logoff the first session.
  5. To add a user to the group, in the Firebox Authentication Users list, select the check box for that user.
  6. After you add all necessary users to the group, click OK.
To create a group from Policy Manager:Closed
  1. Select Setup > Authentication > Authentication Servers.
    The Authentication Servers dialog box appears.
  2. Select the Firebox tab.
  3. In the User Groups section, click Add.
    The Setup Firebox Group dialog box appears.

Setup Firebox group dialog box

  1. Type a name for the group.
  2. (Optional) Type a description for the group.
  3. Select the Enable login limits for each user or group check box.
  4. Select an option:
    • Allow unlimited concurrent firewall authentication logins from the same account
    • Limit concurrent user sessions to.
    1. In the text box, type or select the number of allowed concurrent user sessions.
    2. From the drop-down list, select an option:
      • Reject subsequent login attempts
      • Allow subsequent login attempts and logoff the first session.
  5. To add a user to the group, select the user name in the Available list. Click the double left arrow icon to move the name to the Member list.
    You can also double-click the user name in the Available list.
  6. After you add all necessary users to the group, click OK.

You can now configure policies and authentication with these users and groups, as described in Use Users and Groups in Policies.

See Also

Configure Your Firebox as an Authentication Server

Define a New User for Firebox Authentication

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