How to Create a New Administrator Account

Administrator accounts specify which configuration areas and tasks administrative users can access and change on a standalone Barracuda CloudGen Firewall or Barracuda Firewall Control Center on box level. Admin users can log into the system using the credentials specified in their profile and view or edit the services and settings defined in the administrative roles assigned to them.

Administrative Roles

Users can view or edit settings and services on the Barracuda CloudGen Firewall according to their assigned roles.

Box Menu Software Item Manager Operator Mail Security Audit Cleanup Virus Scanner Access to configuration tab Yes No No Yes No No Modify configuration Yes No No Yes No No Update pattern Yes No No Yes No No Disable/enable pattern update Yes No No Yes No No Box Menu Software Item Manager Operator Mail Security Audit Cleanup Config Access to configuration tab Yes No No Yes Yes No Create a DHA box Yes No No No No No Create a PAR file Yes No No No No No Create a repository Yes No No No No No Create a service Yes No No No No No Kill configuration sessions Yes No No No No No HA synchronization Yes No No Yes No No Box Menu Software Item Manager Operator Mail Security Audit Cleanup Control Access to configuration tab Yes Yes No Yes No No Activate new network configuration Yes Yes No No No No Block a service Yes Yes No No No No Time control Yes No No No No No Delete wild route Yes Yes No No No No Import license Yes No No No No No Kill sessions Yes Yes No No No No Firmware restart Yes Yes No No No No Reboot/shutdown box Yes Yes No No No No Remove license Yes No No No No No Restart network configuration Yes Yes No No No No Show license Yes Yes No No No No Box Menu Software Item Manager Operator Mail Security Audit Cleanup DHCP Access to configuration tab Yes Yes No No No No Modify configuration Yes No No Yes No No GUI commands Yes Yes No No No No Box Menu Software Item Manager Operator Mail Security Audit Cleanup Events Access to configuration tab Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Confirm events Yes Yes No No No Yes Delete events Yes No No No No Yes Mark events as read Yes Yes No No No Yes Set events to silent Yes Yes No No No Yes Stop alarm Yes Yes No No No Yes Box Menu Software Item Manager Operator Mail Security Audit Cleanup Firewall Access to configuration tab Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Modify configuration Yes No No Yes No No Access to trace tab Yes No No Yes No No Remove entries from cache Yes No No Yes No No Terminate connections Yes Yes No Yes No No Create dynamic rules Yes Yes No Yes No No Kill a process Yes Yes No Yes No No Modify connections Yes Yes No Yes No No Modify traces Yes No No Yes No No Toggle traces Yes No No Yes No No View rules Yes No No Yes No No Box Menu Software Item Manager Operator Mail Security Audit Cleanup Logs Access to configuration tab Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Delete resource logs (box_) Yes No No No No Yes Delete service logs Yes No No No No Yes Read resource logs (box_) Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Read service logs Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Box Menu Software Item Manager Operator Mail Security Audit Cleanup Mail Access to configuration tab Yes No Yes No Yes No Modify configuration Yes No No Yes No No GUI commands Yes No Yes No No No View stripped attachments Yes No Yes No Yes No Retrieve stripped attachments Yes No Yes No No No Delete stripped attachments Yes No Yes No No No Box Menu Software Item Manager Operator Mail Security Audit Cleanup Access Control Service Access to configuration tab Yes No No Yes No No Modify configuration Yes No No Yes No No Enable commands Yes No No Yes No No Block sync Yes No No Yes No No Box Menu Software Item Manager Operator Mail Security Audit Cleanup SSH admintcpdump Yes No No Yes No No

Create an Administrator Profile

Go to CONFIGURATION > Configuration Tree > Box > Administrators.
Click Lock.
In the Administrators section, click + to add an administrator account.
Enter a unique Name for the account and click OK. The Administrators window opens. This account name is used to log into the firewall.
Do NOT use the following names because they are reserved by the system: master, ha, root, bin, adm, daemon, lp, system, sync, shutdown, halt, mail, operator, nobody, support, uucp.
Enter the Full Name of the administrator or a description of the account.
In the Assigned Roles table, add the appropriate administrative roles for the user. For a description of roles, see the Administrative Roles section.
If you wish to grant permission for shell-level access, select an option from the System Level Access list. You can select:
- No OS Login – Shell access is denied.
- Standard OS Login – Allows access on the OS layer via a default user account (home directory: user/phion/home/username).
- Restricted OS Login – Permits access via a restricted shell (rbash) with limitations (e.g., specifying commands containing slashes, changing directories by entering cd, …). A restricted login confines any saving action to the user's home directory.
Select the Authentication Level that is required to access a system.
If external authentication is required, select the corresponding method from the External Authentication field.
When using a password, select the corresponding scheme from the Password Validation list.
Enter the External Login Name for the authentication scheme if it is different than the admin account name.
Enter the password for the Barracuda Firewall Admin login. When creating an account, the new password must be entered in both the Current and New fields, even though the password has not yet been created. The password must be confirmed by re-entering it in the Confirm field.
Import the Public RSA Key if required.
If required, use the Peer IP Restriction table to set an access restriction on the IP address and/or subnet level on which Barracuda Firewall Admin runs.
From the Login Event list, select how a login is recorded. You can select.
- Service Default (default) – refers to the settings made within the Barracuda Firewall Control Center Access Notification (see How to Configure Access Notifications).
- Silent – suppresses any event notification.
Click Send Changes and Activate.

Your admin user can now log into the Barracuda CloudGen Firewall or Barracuda Firewall Control Center box and view or edit the services according to their assigned roles.