4 user objects, User objects – Barracuda Networks VERSION SP4 User Manual

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54 Server Config – Personal Firewall Rules

3.4

User Objects

The

User Objects

tab allows you to create User and User Group objects, which may be employed in

rule sets. Click

New …

to open the

Edit/Create User Object

dialog:

An user object is automatically created when a connection attempt is processed by the firewall. The
object is then inserted into the corresponding rule.

In the

User/Group

list, the Microsoft Windows domain users and groups known to the Barracuda NG

Firewall are available for selection. Local user/group information is displayed in the list first. If the
Windows workstation is a member of a Microsoft Windows domain, domain user/group information
may be retrieved from the Active Directory server by clicking

Update

.

Fig. 3–10 User Object dialog

Irrespective of the operating systems language version installed on the workstation, the following users will always be
displayed in English:

NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM

NT AUTHORITY\LOCAL SERVICE

NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE

NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK

The internal firewall engine will transform these names to the appropriate language version. Do not insert them in an-
other language manually.

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