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Authentication access

Authentication access

If the authentication access is local, the administrator and customer user credentials are checked in the local user databases. With the local option, you must add an SP user entry for each administrative user, and a user for each organization user.

If the authentication access is remote, the administrator and customer user credentials are checked in the remote RADIUS server, FortiAuthenticator user database, or SSO IdP database. Local customer users cannot be used when remote authentication is selected.

The following remote authentication methods are supported:

Authentication access

If the authentication access is local, the administrator and customer user credentials are checked in the local user databases. With the local option, you must add an SP user entry for each administrative user, and a user for each organization user.

If the authentication access is remote, the administrator and customer user credentials are checked in the remote RADIUS server, FortiAuthenticator user database, or SSO IdP database. Local customer users cannot be used when remote authentication is selected.

The following remote authentication methods are supported: