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
CANCONTINUEIFPORTALCERTINVALID= ”yes | no”
yes
Allow User to Disable GlobalProtect App
disable-allowed yes | no
DISABLEALLOWED="yes | no"
no
Allow User to Uninstall
GlobalProtect App
The registry path is
..\Settings\<portal>.
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.
Restart the PAN GP agent services or restart the machine to read
the new value.
Uninstall 0 | 1
n/a
n/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.
