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Administration Guide

Local authentication

Local authentication

By default, FortiGate has one super admin named admin. You can create more administrator accounts with different privileges.

To create an administrator account in the GUI:
  1. Go to System > Administrators.

  2. Select Create New > Administrator.

  3. Specify the Username.

    Note
    • Usernames can include lower and upper case letters (a-z, A-Z), numbers (0-9), underscores (_), and dashes (-)

    • Usernames cannot start with a dash (-)

    • Usernames can end with dollar symbol ($)

    • Usernames must not use the following characters: < > ( ) # " '. Using these characters in an administrator username might have a cross site scripting (XSS) vulnerability.

  4. Set Type to Local User.

  5. Set the password and other fields.

  6. Click OK.

To create an administrator account in the CLI:
config system admin
    edit <admin_name>
        set accprofile <profile_name>
        set vdom <vdom_name>
        set password <password for this admin>
    next
end

Local authentication

By default, FortiGate has one super admin named admin. You can create more administrator accounts with different privileges.

To create an administrator account in the GUI:
  1. Go to System > Administrators.

  2. Select Create New > Administrator.

  3. Specify the Username.

    Note
    • Usernames can include lower and upper case letters (a-z, A-Z), numbers (0-9), underscores (_), and dashes (-)

    • Usernames cannot start with a dash (-)

    • Usernames can end with dollar symbol ($)

    • Usernames must not use the following characters: < > ( ) # " '. Using these characters in an administrator username might have a cross site scripting (XSS) vulnerability.

  4. Set Type to Local User.

  5. Set the password and other fields.

  6. Click OK.

To create an administrator account in the CLI:
config system admin
    edit <admin_name>
        set accprofile <profile_name>
        set vdom <vdom_name>
        set password <password for this admin>
    next
end