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Configuring Multiple Administrator Access

To configure multiple administrator access

  1. Navigate to Device | Settings > Administration.

    Click Login / Multiple Administrators.

  2. To configure what happens when one administrator preempts another administrator, from the option, select whether the preempted administrator can be converted to non-config mode or logged out:

    • Drop to non-config mode: More than one administrator to access the appliance in non-config mode without disrupting other administrators. This option is not selected by default.
    • Log out: The new administrator to preempt other sessions.

    Selecting Log Out disables Non-Config mode and prevents entering Non-Config mode manually.

  3. To allow a lower-priority administrator to preempt the current administrator after a specified time, enter the time, in minutes, in the Allow preemption by a lower priority administrator after inactivity of (mins) field. The default is 10 minutes, the minimum is 1 minute, and the maximum is 9999 minutes.
  4. The SonicOS Management Interface allows administrators to send text messages through the Management Interface to other administrators logged into the appliance. The message appears in the browser’s status bar. To enable this option:
    1. Select Inter-administrator messaging. The Messaging polling interval (seconds) field becomes active.
    2. Specify how often an administrator’s browser checks for inter-administrator messages in the Messaging polling interval (secs) field. Specify a reasonably short interval to ensure timely delivery of messages, especially if there are likely to be multiple administrators who need to access the appliance. The default is 10 seconds, the minimum is 1 second, and the maximum is 99 seconds.
  5. To enable access by System Administrators, Cryptographic (Crypto) Administrators, and Audit Administrators, select Multiple Admin Roles. When this option is disabled, these administrators cannot access the system, and all related user groups and information about them are hidden. This option is not selected by default.