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Creating Users & Groups
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.. image:: images/usermanager_groups.png
:scale: 100%
With the local user manager of OPNsense one can add users and groups and define
the privileges for granting access to certain parts of the GUI (Web Configurator).
Adding Users
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To add a new user go to **System->Access->Users** and click on the **+** sign at
the bottom right corner of the form.
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**Disabled** Unchecked *Can be used to (temporarily) disable an account*
**Username** John *A unique username*
**Password** secret *A strong password*
**Full name** John Doe *Optional, Full username*
**Expiration date** *Optional, if account should expire enter as mm/dd/yyy*
**Group Membership** *Optional, select one or more groups*
**Certificate** *Optional, check if a user certificate should be created*
**OTP seed** *Optional, enter or generate a OTP seed (base32)*
**Authorized keys** *Optional, paste ssh key for ssh console access*
**IPsec Pre-Shared Key** *Optional, IPsec PSK*
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Creating Groups
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Go to **System->Access->Groups** and click on the **+** sign in the lower right
corner of the form.
Enter a **Group name*** and a **Description** and add users to the group.
Add privileges to a group
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After creating a group the privileges can be added by editing the group.
Go to **System->Access-Groups** and click on the edit symbol (pencil) right next
to the group you like to change.
To assign privileges, just click on the pencil icon on the right of **Assigned
Privileges** a form will be shown where each page can be either selected or deselected;
here it's also possible to allow a user shell account access (console).
The search bottom at the top of this form can be used to quickly find the right
page.
.. image:: images/user_privileges.png
:scale: 100%
After making the right selection click on **Save** to store the new settings.