User/Group check

The User/Group check policy item can be used to check whether the user associated with the event occurring, is a particular user, or a member of a particular group in the user database used by WinGate. If the user is not any of the users (or a member of any groups) specified in the User/Group check policy item, then the policy item will evaluate to No.

The User/Group check item has been designed to control user access to services, the web etc.

One of the most common uses of the User/Group check is to aid authentication. In order to control user access to the Internet, WinGate must first be able to identify the user who is making the connection. Since a user is always unknown when they initially make a connection through WinGate, there needs to be some way of WinGate distinguishing whether it already knows who is making the connection, or whether the user is unknown and is required to be authenticated. WinGate provides this check through a special group called Authenticated users. When a user is authenticated with WinGate they are placed in this group. You can use policy and the User/Group check policy item to see if the user or associated with the event is a member of Authenticated Users. If they're not, policy can be made to force users to authenticate using a Result policy item set to Auth.

Read more about creating an authentication policy

To use the User/Group check item:

1. Select or create a policy to open a policy editor.
2. On the policy editor toolbox, select the User/Group check item and drag it on to the worksheet. This will open the Search for a user or a group dialog.

   

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3. In the Find: field enter the user or group you wish to add, and select the Search button.

4. Select the users or groups from the searched list (hold down Ctrl key while selecting to make multiple selections) and click the OK button to return to the User/Group check properties.

   

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5. Repeat the search until you have all the user and group matches that the policy item will match against.
6. Click OK to apply the changes to the policy item and return to the worksheet.
7. The User/Group check will now blink, allowing you to give it a meaningful name so you can identify it easily in the policy evaluation flow.