WLC - guest account multiple users

Hi,
I have been looking at guest access features of the WLC and I can see the ability to specificy an account duration as a Lobby Ambassador but does the WLC support multiple logins per guest account?
I.e. I want to create a single guest account for use by 100 users. Is there any way to achieve this or would I need to create 100 individual guest user accounts?
Many thanks,
Paul.

Paul,
If you have WCS available, you can import a .csv file that contains the proper information for usernames/passwords:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/wireless/wcs/7.0/configuration/guide/7_0temp.html#wp1102820
Example file would look like:
Username   Password   Profile     Description
User1      Cisco      Any Profile Net User 1
User2      Cisco                  Net User 2
User3      Cisco      Internal    Net User 3
The other option I can think of would be to build a list of command line configurations for the WLC, and manipulate the list with your already created usernames/passwords in a text editor. The command to configure a guest user on the WLC CLI is:
config netuser add wlan userType [lifetime ] [description ]
Thanks,
-Patrick

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I hope that this hint proves to be helpful and I hope everybody will give me feedback on my process.
regards,
Pete.
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