Adding New Users to Authentication Groups

All RUVPN users must be placed in a built-in Firebox authentication group called pptp_users. This group, which contains the usernames and passwords of RUVPN users, is used to configure the allowed services for incoming traffic, as described in the next section.

To gain access to Internet services (such as outgoing HTTP or outgoing FTP), the remote user provides authenticating data in the form of a username and password, and the WatchGuard Firebox System software authenticates the user to the Firebox.

For more information on Firebox groups, see the Creating Aliases and Implementing Authentication.

From Policy Manager:

Select Setup => Authentication Servers.

The Authentication Servers dialog box appears.
Click the Firebox Users tab.

The information on the tab appears.
To add a new user, click the Add button beneath the Users list.

The Setup Firebox User dialog box appears.

Enter a username and password for the new user.
Select pptp_users in the Not Member Of list, and then click the left-pointing arrow to move the name to the Member Of list. Click Add.

The user is added to the User list. The Setup Remote User dialog box remains open and cleared for entry of another user.
To close the Setup Remote User dialog box after you have finished adding new users, click Close.

The Firebox Users tab appears with a list of the newly configured users.
When you finish adding all users you want to add, click OK.

The users and groups can now be used to configure services, as explained in the next section.

By individual service

Using the Any service

Enabling Extended Authentication

Activating RUVPN with PPTP

Preparing the Client Computers

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