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Chapter 28 User/Group
Table 154 Types of User Accounts (continued)
TYPE
Guest
Ext-User
The default admin account is always authenticated locally, regardless of the
authentication method setting. (See
information about authentication methods.)
Ext-User Accounts
Set up an Ext-User account if the user is authenticated by an external server and you want to
set up specific policies for this user in the ZyWALL. If you do not want to set up policies for
this user, you do not have to set up an Ext-User account.
Ext-User users should be authenticated by an external server, such as AD, LDAP or RADIUS.
If the ZyWALL tries to use the local database to authenticate an Ext-User, the authentication
attempt always fails. (This is related to AAA servers and authentication methods, which are
discussed in
If the ZyWALL tries to authenticate an Ext-User using the local database, the
attempt always fails.
Once an Ext-User user has been authenticated, the ZyWALL tries to get the user type (see
Table 154 on page
information, the ZyWALL sets the user type for this session to User.
For the rest of the user attributes, such as reauthentication time, the ZyWALL checks the
following places, in order.
1 User account in the remote server.
2 User account (Ext-User) in the ZyWALL.
3 Default user account for AD users (ad-users), LDAP users (ldap-users) or RADIUS
users (radius-users) in the ZyWALL.
See Setting up User Attributes in an External Server on page 456
how to set up the attributes in an external server.
User Groups
User groups may consist of user accounts or other user groups. Use user groups when you
want to create the same rule for several user accounts, instead of creating separate rules for
each one.
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ABILITIES
Access network services
External User Account
Chapter 32 on page 475 and
443) from the external server. If the external server does not have the
LOGIN METHOD(S)
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Chapter 32 on page 475
Chapter 33 on page 485, respectively.)
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