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Adding Users

When using the WinGate User database creating your own users and groups enables you to setup policies on a per-user and per-group basis.

This allows you to have much tighter control over your networks Internet access through features such as time/location based restrictions, accounting and auditing.

To create a New User:

Whenever you create a custom user, the default rights and characteristics assigned to that user are based on a default user template. You can modify this template to make it easier to create users (see below):

The steps to take:

Open GateKeeper.
Log on as Administrator.
Select the Users tab in the GateKeeper control panel.
Right-click the mouse anywhere and select New User.
You will be presented with a New user configuration.
Type in the user name into the Username field.
Enter the user’s Real name (optional).
Get the user to enter and confirm their password, or leave it blank and select User must change password at next logon.
Enter a description of the user e.g. Technical support guru.
Set the options for this user.
Click OK.

Note:

The following characters are not valid in a username: [ ] + = \ / : ; , * ? <>" |

To Clone an Existing User:

Open GateKeeper.
Log on as Administrator.
Select the Users tab in the GateKeeper control panel.
Select an existing user and right-click the mouse.
Select Clone from the context-menu.
Change the name, description and password for the new user.
Change any other properties as required and click OK.

To Modify the Default User Template:

By default, WinGate will create users with a minimal set of attributes.

If the Administrator wants further control over what details are set for newly added users, they can set up a user called "default". Any attributes of the default user will be carried over to newly created users (it acts as a template for creating new users).

The steps to take:

Open GateKeeper.
Log on as Administrator.
Open the Users tab on the GateKeeper control panel.
Right-click the mouse anywhere and select New User.
Enter the user name "default".
Make any other selection settings that you want to be used in the future when creating new users.

Password options

(you may want a default password), Logon options, Groups, Auditing and Accounting details are all available. Click OK.