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SONICWALL SONICOS ENHANCED 2.5 ADMINISTRATOR’S GUIDE
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Managing Guest Services and Guest Accounts
Global Guest Settings
Check Show guest login status window with logout button to display a user login window on the
users’s workstation whenever the user is logged in. Users must keep this window open during their
login session. The window displays the time remaining in their current session. Users can log out but
clicking the Logout button in the login status window.
Guest Profiles
The Guest Profiles list shows the profiles you have created and enables you to add, edit, and delete
profiles.
To add a profile:
1
Click Add below the Guest Profile list to display the Add Guest Profile window.
2
In the Add Guest Profile window, configure:
Profile Name: Enter the name of the profile.
User Name Prefix: Enter the first part of every user account name generated from this profile.
Auto-generate user name: Check this to allow guest accounts generated from this profile to
have an automatically generated user name. The user name is usually the prefix plus a two- or
three-digit number.
Auto-generate password: Check this to allow guest accounts generated from this profile to
have an automatically generated password. The generated password is an eight-character
unique alphabetic string.
Enable Account: Check this for all guest accounts generated from this profile to be enabled
upon creation.
Auto-Prune Account: Check this to have the account removed from the database after its
lifetime expires.