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Change the admin password

  1. Once logged in as the maintainer, enter the following CLI command:
  2. config system admin

    edit admin

    set password <password_str>

    end

If the administrator account has somehow been deleted, enter the followng command to reset the FortiMail unit to its factory default configuration:

execute factoryreset

Change the admin password

  1. Once logged in as the maintainer, enter the following CLI command:
  2. config system admin

    edit admin

    set password <password_str>

    end

If the administrator account has somehow been deleted, enter the followng command to reset the FortiMail unit to its factory default configuration:

execute factoryreset