Chapter 42 Object
ZyWALL/USG Series User’s Guide
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Figure 496 Configuration > Object > User/Group > User > Add
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 282 Configuration > Object > User/Group > User > Add
LABEL DESCRIPTION
User Name Type the user name for this user account. You may use 1-31 alphanumeric characters,
underscores(
_), or dashes (-), but the first character cannot be a number. This value is
case-sensitive. User names have to be different than user group names, and some
words are reserved. See Section 42.2.2.2 on page 729.
User Type This field displays the types of user accounts the ZyWALL/USG uses:
• admin - this user can look at and change the configuration of the ZyWALL/USG
• limited-admin - this user can look at the configuration of the ZyWALL/USG but not
to change it
• user - this user has access to the ZyWALL/USG’s services and can also browse user-
mode commands (CLI).
• guest - this user has access to the
ZyWALL/USG’s services but cannot look at the
configuration.
• ext-user - this user account is maintained in a remote server, such as RADIUS or
LDAP. See Ext-User Accounts on page 726 for more information about this type.
• ext-group-user - this user account is maintained in a remote server, such as
RADIUS or LDAP. See Ext-Group-User Accounts on page 727 for more information
about this type.
Password This field is not available if you select the ext-user or ext-group-user type.
Enter the password of this user account. It can consist of 4 - 31 alphanumeric
characters.
Retype This field is not available if you select the ext-user or ext-group-user type.
Group Identifier This field is available for a ext-group-user type user account.
Specify the value of the AD or LDAP server’s Group Membership Attribute that
identifies the group to which this user belongs.
Associated AAA
Server Object
This field is available for a ext-group-user type user account. Select the AAA server to
use to authenticate this account’s users.
Description Enter the description of each user, if any. You can use up to 60 printable ASCII
characters. Default descriptions are provided.
Authentication
Timeout Settings
If you want the system to use default settings, select Use Default Settings. If you
want to set authentication timeout to a value other than the default settings, select Use
Manual Settings then fill your preferred values in the fields that follow.