Enable showing users in the Home view

To monitor users in the Home view, you must enable the option in the global system properties.

The settings defined in the global system properties apply to all administrators in all Administrative Domains.

For more details about the product and how to configure features, click Help or press F1.

Steps

  1. Select Menu > System Tools > Global System Properties.
  2. On the Global Options tab, select Show Users in the Home View.
  3. Configure the other settings in the User Information section.
  4. Click OK.

Global System Properties dialog box — Global Options tab

Use this tab to configure general settings for the SMC and NGFW Engines.

You can also use this tab to:

  • Authorize McAfee® Global Threat Intelligence™ (McAfee GTI) and McAfee® Threat Intelligence Exchange (TIE) usage. Only administrators with unrestricted permissions can enable McAfee GTI and Threat Intelligence Exchange.
  • Show users in the Home view.
  • Set the expiration time for one-time passwords that are generated when you save the initial configuration for an NGFW Engine.
Option Definition
Enable McAfee Global Threat Intelligence (GTI) and McAfee Threat Intelligence Exchange (TIE) usage When selected, enables McAfee GTI and McAfee TIE usage.
Show Users in the Home View When selected, users that have been recently active are shown in the Home view.
Retrieve Information for Users Active A user is considered active if they have generated log data. Select the time period to retrieve the information. The longer the time period, the greater the performance impact.
Display Users as
  • User Names — The name of the user is shown. The information is shown as it is shown in the logs.
  • Source IP Addresses — If user name information is not available, or cannot be shown due to privacy legislation, you can show only the source IP address of the user.
Show Users From These Networks

(Only if Display Users as is Source IP Addresses

 If you want to show users as source IP addresses, select the networks where your users are located.
One-Time Passwords Expire After Defines the expiration time for one-time passwords that are generated when you save the initial configuration for an NGFW Engine. If the one-time password is not used, it automatically expires after the expiration time has elapsed.

By default, one-time passwords expire after 30 days.