WinGate groups

The WinGate user database allows you to create groups for easy management all users. When using the WinGate Policy system, policies can be made to check for a particular user or their membership of a particular group, allowing the policy a better control of who it will effect. Similar to operating system user and group models, groups in the WinGate user database can be nested within other groups when required.

Two groups are created by default for the WinGate user database:

1. Administrators

   Similar to the normal operating system Administrators group, members of the WinGate Administrators group have the power to connect to WinGate and configure all services and components. The default user called Administrator is a member of the Administrators group. By default, the Administrators group is assigned full access permissions on all objects throughout WinGate. This allows any member of the Administrators group to login to the WinGate Management console and be able to configure WinGate after installation.

2. Users

   The two default users, Administrator and Guest, are both members of the Users group.

These default groups allow security division between administrative users who can control and implement changes to WinGate operations, and those in the Users group who have limited rights to access and use services.

To create a group:

1. Open the WinGate Management console.
2. Navigate to Control Panel > Users and Groups.
3. Select Create new group from the Tasks menu, or alternatively, right click in the Users and Groups panel and select Create new group. This will begin the Create new group wizard. The simple wizard asks you to enter a name and description for the group. It also asks you to add members to the group, but it is not compulsory to add them at this stage. Clicking OK on the final Confirmation screen will add the new group to the WinGate user database.

Adding members

WinGate allows you to add other WinGate groups and individual users as members of a group.

Add a member to a group:

1. Open the WinGate Management console.
2. Navigate to Control Panel > Users and Groups.
3. On the Users and Groups panel, double click on the group that you wish to add members to. This will open the properties for the group.
4. On the Members tab select the Add button to open the Search for a User or Group dialog.

   

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5. Highlight the user or group from the search list and click Select button to add that group or user as a member (you can hold down Ctrl key while selecting to make multiple selections).
6. Click OK to apply the change and return to the Users and Group panel.