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User Behavior Options

Learn how to configure settings in the Windows registry and macOS plist to customize how the user interacts with the GlobalProtect app.
The following table lists the options that you can configure in the Windows registry and macOS plist to customize how the user interacts with the GlobalProtect app.
Some settings do not have a corresponding portal configuration setting on the web interface and must be configured using the Windows Registry, Msiexec, or macOS plist. These settings are listed in the table as “Not in portal.” They include, but are not limited to, settings such as the following: ShowPrelogonButton and can-save-password.
Table: Customizable User Behavior Options
Portal Agent Configuration
Windows Registry/macOS Plist
Msiexec Parameter
Default
Allow User to Change Portal Address
can-change-portal yes | no
CANCHANGEPORTAL=”yes | no”
yes
Allow User to Dismiss Welcome Page
enable-hide-welcome-page yes | no
ENABLEHIDEWELCOMEPAGE= ”yes | no”
yes
Allow User to Continue with Invalid Portal Server Certificate
can-continue-if-portal-cert-invalid yes | no
CANCONTINUEIFPORTALCERT INVALID= ”yes | no”
yes
Allow User to Disable GlobalProtect App
disable-allowed yes | no
DISABLEALLOWED="yes | no"
no
Allow User to Uninstall GlobalProtect App
  1. The registry path is ..\Settings\<portal>.
  2. Specify a 0 to manually allow users to uninstall the GlobalProtect app with password. Specify a 1 to prevent users from uninstalling the GlobalProtect app.
  3. Restart the PAN GP agent services or restart the machine to read the new value.
Uninstall 0 | 1
n/an/a
Save User Credentials
Specify a 0 to prevent GlobalProtect from saving credentials, a 1 to save both username and password, or a 2 to save the username only.
save-user-credentials 0 | 1 | 2
n/a
n/a
Not in portal
The Allow user to save password setting is deprecated in the web interface in PAN-OS 7.1 and later releases but is configurable from the Windows registry and macOS plist. Any value specified in the Save User Credentials field overwrites a value specified here.
can-save-password yes | no
CANSAVEPASSWORD=”yes | no”
yes
Windows only/Not in portal
This setting enables the GlobalProtect credential provider to display the Start GlobalProtect Connection button, which allows users to initiate the GlobalProtect pre-logon connection manually.
ShowPrelogonButton yes | no
n/a
no
Windows 10 only/Not in portal
This setting is used in conjunction with GlobalProtect SSO and enables the GlobalProtect credential provider to be set as the default sign-in option at the next Windows login and for subsequent logins. See Deploy GlobalProtect Credential Provider Settings in the Windows Registry for details.
MakeGPCPDefault yes | no
MAKEGPCPDEFAULT=”yes | no”
n/a
Windows only/Not in portal This setting is used in conjunction with GlobalProtect SSO and sets the number of seconds for users to wait to log in to Windows before establishing a tunnel connection. See Deploy GlobalProtect Credential Provider Settings in the Windows Registryfor details.
LogonWaitTime <5-30 seconds>
n/a
n/a
Windows only/Not in portal This setting is used in conjunction with GlobalProtect SSO and sets the number of seconds to delay users from logging in to Windows after establishing a tunnel connection. See Deploy GlobalProtect Credential Provider Settings in the Windows Registryfor details.
LogonPostWaitTime <3-10 seconds>
n/a
n/a