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Block specific users from logging into Facebook or Gmail

Restrict which users can log into Facebook or Gmail; only selected users can log in; all others are blocked.

Prerequisites​

HTTPS Inspection should be enabled in SafeSquid. If not enabled, see the document - How to enable HTTPS Inspection.

Access the SafeSquid User Interface​

click on configure in safesquid interface

click on search in access profiles section

Search policy: "BLOCK PARTICULAR USER LOGIN"​

search for " BLOCK PARTICULAR USER LOGIN " default policy

Go to Content Modifier: Rewrite Policies​

showing search results for "BLOCK PARTICULAR USER LOGIN " in Content modifier section

click on content modifier from the sidebar under Real Time content Security

Ensure Global Section with Enabled TRUE​

ensuring the global section set as true

selecting true in global if it is set to false

click on submit to save the policy

Go to Rewrite Policies and make it Enable​

going in "Rewriting policies " to enable "BLOCK PARTICULAR USER LOGIN" policy

editing the policy

setting true value in enabled

Enter Username inside Pattern​

entering the desired username pattern

click on save to save the policy

Search policy: "BLOCK PARTICULAR USER LOGIN"​

searching for policy "BLOCK PARTICULAR USER LOGIN "

Go to Access Profiles to Enable​

going to access profile to enable the policy

clicking on edit policy to edit the policy

selecting true to enable it

save the policy

To test​

Go to Facebook and Login

Try login to your Facebook account it will show you the below page:

testing the policy

Go to Gmail and login​

Try login to your Gmail account it will show you the below page:

testing the policy by login