Synchronization between Active Directory Users and Groups

Hi Can carmack 

The user will only reflect in the Sophos XG firewall once they authenticate with the firewall using available authentication method such as STAS or Captive Portal, for the first time they have to authenticate and then user will automatically create in the Sophos XG firewall, if you want them to sort in the same group as AD, please refer the given articles.

• Sophos Firewall: How to import Active Directory OUs and groups- https://community.sophos.com/kb/en-us/123158
• Sophos Firewall: Group membership behavior with Active Directory- https://community.sophos.com/kb/en-us/123161

Unknown said:

Do i have to use STAS for automatic synch between them ?

As long as you follow that guide provided it will - however STAS will not remove the user when you remove them from AD

Removing user is somehow a rare case on AD setups.

Most security departments need to save the users for monitoring, compliance reasons.

So those users gets disabled but not deleted. 

New AD users were absent in the firewall. Im not the one who integrated the AD system to firewall at installation.

I followed KBs and STAS method.

Duplicated users appeared. Some in open group, some as in AD.

User or groups in the firewall system is necessary for defining any policy or rule?

How about working with ips only

Hi Can carmack 

For User and Group behavior, I have shared the documents, please refer to them that How Sophos XG manage groups and related users as compare to AD.

Users are required when you want some restrictions based on the user such as Content filtering, Authentication, Reports, and such other requirements.

IPS policy can be directly applied to the firewall rules as per your requirement. You do not require to have users to use IPS policy, It's up to your requirement and network configuration

For IPS

https://docs.sophos.com/nsg/sophos-firewall/v16058/Help/en-us/webhelp/onlinehelp/index.html#page/onlinehelp/IpsPolicyManage.html

https://community.sophos.com/kb/en-us/124015

Thanks for reply.

After STAS integration duplicate users appeared in the firewall system.

Whatd be your advice for this users?

Hi Can carmack 

Is there any other authentication mechanism you are using other than STAS?

Could you please share the screenshots?

Hi Keyur 

No, just disabled STAS and uninstalled from server too.

Im confused about duplicate users after STAS try out.

In auth menu im using;

Servers > AD server
Services > Firewall auth methods; just local selected.
Clientless Users (Clientless Open Group) > 20+ defined

Thats all for auth.
What is the best method for users creation, manual or ad synch or?

Thanks bunch

Hi Can carmack 

Please go through the KBAs that have been given as based on this reply, you have not set the AD integration correctly.

Duplicate users are generally created if you have a misconfiguration.

On the XG there is a setting for STAS.  If you have more than 1 DC and you have assigned the DCs to each collector group, this will cause duplicate users.

Read the following articles completely:

https://community.sophos.com/kb/en-us/133531

https://community.sophos.com/kb/en-us/123156

https://community.sophos.com/kb/en-us/123154

https://community.sophos.com/kb/en-us/123023

https://community.sophos.com/kb/en-us/124848

https://community.sophos.com/kb/en-us/123029

Thanks!

Thank you for detailed answer.

Is this tool solve the user-ip match issues

Client Authentication Agent

I can only see users who this agent installed and clientless users are properly reported.

Id like to create reports paired with users .
But now just ip numbers appear in the reports.

If i install this agent to users what happens?

Dhcp Statics List

No User name in Logs Screen