User definition

End users can browse the web through FortiIsolator as a guest or by logging into their user account. The administrator can create local user accounts or allow single sign-on for existing users in your organization. All user info is secured using a database.

This section provides a way to create local users, assign the user to groups with (if desired) a policy.

Creating local user accounts from GUI

To create a local user account from GUI:

1. Open a browser window and navigate to the Administration Portal page.
2. Go to Users > User Definition > Create New
3. Under Create New Local User, fill in the username and password fields and any optional fields as desired, then click OK.
   1. To place the user in an existing group, select the boxes for the groups you would like to assign the user to.
   2. To apply an existing policy to the user, select the policy name from the drop-down menu Policy Name.

You can edit existing local user settings by going to Users > User Definition. Select the username and click Edit or double-click the username to edit.

Creating local user accounts from CLI

To create a local user from CLI, please use CLI command:

set user <username> <server-id>

(where server-id has to be “0” as for local user)

e.g.

> set user fis_user 0

Enter the password:

Re-enter the password:

Please enter email:fis_user@fortinet.com

Please enter policy name:policy_new

> show user

Displaying only local users...

name : fis_user

server_id : 0

email : fis_user@fortinet.com

policy_name : policy_new

encoded password : ffff18ff28ff38ffff60ff3678ff2e03

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