Match the VPN User to the Logged-In Windows User

Starting from E81.20, added the ability to match the VPN user to the logged-in Windows user and display it in the username field of the connect dialog for the username-password authentication method.

On the first attempt to connect to the Security Gateway, the username field is empty. In subsequent attempts, the username field shows the last connected VPN username for the currently logged-in Windows user.

The number of saved VPN usernames on each machine is 10 by default. This value is configurable and can be set to unlimited.

Configuration

This feature is disabled by default with the following attributes:

  • save_vpn_user_per_sid - The valid values are true and false to enable and disable the feature.

  • max_num_of_users_to_save - The default is set to 10. The valid values are positive integers to limit the number of users to save on each client machine.

To enable this feature:

  1. Edit the $FWDIR/conf/trac_client_1.ttm file on the Security Gateway.

  2. Add these lines:

    :save_vpn_user_per_sid (

    :gateway (

    :default (true)

    )

    )

  3. Save the file.

  4. Install policy.

  5. Apply this configuration to all Security Gateways.