Hi @JeffH-SecBBQ ,
There is a way to set up the NGFW to authenticate administrators based on group membership so you don't have to create unique admin user objects. It is done under Device > Setup > Management > Authentication Settings. Notice that it supports only RADIUS, TACACS+, or SAML.
The reason, I believe, is because those protocols can also specify the role to be used in addition to authenticating. With local admins, you specify the role. With centralized admins, the authentication server needs to specify the role. You could have one group for superusers, one group for read-only superusers, etc.
With RADIUS, the roles are configured with VSAs. https://knowledgebase.paloaltonetworks.com/KCSArticleDetail?id=kA10g000000ClIxCAK
Here is the dictionary. https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/resources/radius-dictionary
Thanks,
Tom
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