Customizing captive portal profiles for the Guest method
In the Captive portal profiles tab in the Configuration > Users > Authentication module, select the "Sponsor" profile. The following parameters will be implemented directly with this profile:
Authentication
- Default method or directory: "Sponsorship (sponsored_users.local.domain)".
Authentication periods allowed
- Minimum duration: may be set from 1 minute to 24 hours (value suggested by default: 15 minutes).
- Maximum duration: may be set from 1 minute to 24 hours (value suggested by default: 4 hours).
Advanced properties
- Enable the captive portal.
- Expiry of the HTTP cookie: "None".
IMPORTANT
The cookie timeout parameter in particular must not be modified for the Sponsorship method. Moreover, the fact that cookies are not used will prohibit the use of multi-user objects (TSE servers for example) as source hosts for this method.
Complementary settings:
Conditions of use for Internet access
Select the Enable the display of the conditions of use for Internet access checkbox if you want these conditions to be shown whenever a user logs on. They will also be displayed at a regular interval (value suggested by default: 18 hours).
NOTE
The text contained in the conditions of use can be customized in the Captive portal tab.
If any of these parameters have been modified (e.g.: authentication periods), click on Apply to save the configuration.