Configuring administrator accounts
The System > Administrator > Administrator tab displays a list of the FortiVoice Gateway’s administrator accounts and the trusted host IP addresses administrators use to log in (if configured).
By default, FortiVoice Gateway has a single administrator account, admin. For more granular control over administrative access, you can create additional administrator accounts with restricted permissions.
To view and configure administrator accounts
- Go to System > Administrator > Administrator.
- Either click New to add an account or double-click an account to modify it.
An Administrator dialog appears.
- Configure the following fields:
GUI field
Description
Enable
Click to activate the administrator status. By default, this is enabled.
Administrator
Enter the name for this administrator account.
The name can contain numbers (0‑9), uppercase and lowercase letters (A‑Z, a‑z), hyphens ( - ), and underscores ( _ ). Other special characters and spaces are not allowed.
Email address
Enter the administrator’s email address.
Admin profile
Select the name of an admin profile that determines which functional areas the administrator account may view or affect.
Click New to create a new profile or Edit to modify the selected profile.
New password
Enter the password for this account.
The password can contain any character except spaces.
Enter a FortiVoice administrator password that has six characters or more. For better security, enter a password with a complex combination of characters and numbers, and change the password regularly. Failure to provide a strong password could compromise the security of your FortiVoice unit.
Confirm password
Enter the account password again to confirm it.
Trusted hosts
Enter an IPv4 or IPv6 address or subnet from which this administrator can log in.
If you want the administrator to access the FortiVoice unit from any IP address, use
0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0.Enter the IP address and netmask in dotted decimal format. For example, you might permit the administrator to log in to the FortiVoice unit from your private network by typing
192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0.
For additional security, restrict all trusted host entries to administrative hosts on your trusted private network. For example, if your FortiVoice administrators log in only from the 10.10.10.10/24 subnet, to prevent possibly fraudulent login attempts from unauthorized locations, you could configure that subnet in the Trusted Host #1, Trusted Host #2, and Trusted Host #3 fields.
For information on restricting administrative access protocols that can be used by these hosts, see Editing network interfaces.
Click the + sign to add additional IP addresses or subnets from which the administrator can log in.
Select language
Select this administrator account’s preference for the display language of the web-based manager.
Select theme
Select this administrator account’s preference for the display theme or click Use Current to choose the theme currently in effect.
The administrator may switch the theme at any time during a session by clicking Next Theme.
Description
Select Click to edit to enter any comments for the administrator account.
- Click Create.