# Authorized users and VPN users

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This section contains data about users authorized on the server, interfaces, and CPU utilization, as well as traffic data in real-time.

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##### Authenticated users

The full list of users authenticated in UTM can be viewed as a table in the section **Monitoring -&gt; Authorized users**.

<table border="1" id="bkmrk-status-description--" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; height: 216.172px;"><tbody><tr style="height: 29.7969px;"><td style="width: 12.7779%; height: 29.7969px;">**Status**</td><td style="width: 87.3458%; height: 29.7969px;">**Description**</td></tr><tr style="height: 29.7969px;"><td style="width: 12.7779%; height: 29.7969px;">[![1. Authenticated users and VPN users.png](https://docs.safedns.com/uploads/images/gallery/2022-08/scaled-1680-/zM3t8SJM8Z0QR21l-1-authenticated-users-and-vpn-users.png)](https://docs.safedns.com/uploads/images/gallery/2022-08/zM3t8SJM8Z0QR21l-1-authenticated-users-and-vpn-users.png)</td><td style="width: 87.3458%; height: 29.7969px;">**Connected**. The user is authorized.  
</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 12.7779%;"><span style="background-color: #e03e2d;"><span style="background-color: #e03e2d;">[![2. Authenticated users and VPN users.png](https://docs.safedns.com/uploads/images/gallery/2022-08/scaled-1680-/hcZxBYRz06fBOZMd-2-authenticated-users-and-vpn-users.png)](https://docs.safedns.com/uploads/images/gallery/2022-08/hcZxBYRz06fBOZMd-2-authenticated-users-and-vpn-users.png)</span></span></td><td style="width: 87.3458%;">**License limit exceeded**. This session is locked. Appears if the number of licensed users is exceeded or the user already has 5 active sessions.</td></tr><tr style="height: 29.7969px;"><td style="width: 12.7779%; height: 29.7969px;"><span style="background-color: #e03e2d;">[![3. Authenticated users and VPN users.png](https://docs.safedns.com/uploads/images/gallery/2022-08/scaled-1680-/nyUxK74nqUxvaztN-3-authenticated-users-and-vpn-users.png)](https://docs.safedns.com/uploads/images/gallery/2022-08/nyUxK74nqUxvaztN-3-authenticated-users-and-vpn-users.png)</span></td><td style="width: 87.3458%; height: 29.7969px;">**The session is deleted**. Appears if a session with a dynamic IP address has been terminated. A session with this status will be deleted after 30 seconds.</td></tr></tbody></table>

An example of a table with authorized users can be seen in the screenshot below:  
[![4. Authenticated users and VPN users.png](https://docs.safedns.com/uploads/images/gallery/2022-08/scaled-1680-/iQ3tyUjd6eawhqlJ-4-authenticated-users-and-vpn-users.png)](https://docs.safedns.com/uploads/images/gallery/2022-08/iQ3tyUjd6eawhqlJ-4-authenticated-users-and-vpn-users.png)If necessary, a user can be re-authorized in the **Operations** column.

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##### VPN Users

The section **Monitoring -&gt; VPN users** displays the list of all users in whose **[user settings](https://docs.safedns.com/link/20#bkmrk-main-category) Allow Remote Access via VPN** is enabled, and who have been authenticated via VPN.

An example of a table with users connected via VPN can be seen in the screenshot below:  
[![5. Authenticated users and VPN users.png](https://docs.safedns.com/uploads/images/gallery/2022-08/scaled-1680-/5Qroo3VA3PS9U1bA-5-authenticated-users-and-vpn-users.png)](https://docs.safedns.com/uploads/images/gallery/2022-08/5Qroo3VA3PS9U1bA-5-authenticated-users-and-vpn-users.png)If you click on the "X" button in the **Ban VPN** column, then UTM will deny this user a VPN connection and clear the **Allow remote access via VPN** check box in the **Users -&gt; User &amp; Group** section.