Administrators
System Admin
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Configuring regular (password) authentication for administrators
You can use a password stored on the local FortiGate unit to authenticate an
administrator.
To configure an administrator to authenticate with a password stored on the
FortiGate unit
1
Go to
System > Admin.
2
Select
Create New,
or select the
Edit
icon beside an existing administrator.
3
Enter the following information:
4
Configure additional features as required. For more information, see
administrator account” on page 212
.
5
Select
OK
.
When you select
Type > Regular
, you will see
Local
as the entry in the
Type
column when
you view the list of administrators. For more information, see
Configuring remote authentication for administrators
You can authenticate administrators using RADIUS, LDAP, or servers. In order
to do this, you must configure the server, include the server as a user in a user group, and
create the administrator account to include in the user group.
Configuring RADIUS authentication for administrators
Remote Authentication and Dial-in User Service (RADIUS) servers provide authentication,
authorization, and accounting functions. FortiGate units use the authentication and
authorization functions of the RADIUS server. To use the RADIUS server for
authentication, you must configure the server before you configure the FortiGate users or
user groups that will need it.
If you have configured RADIUS support and a user is required to authenticate using a
RADIUS server, the FortiGate unit sends the user’s credentials to the RADIUS server for
authentication. If the RADIUS server can authenticate the user, the user is successfully
authenticated with the FortiGate unit. If the RADIUS server cannot authenticate the user,
the FortiGate unit refuses the connection.
If you want to use a RADIUS server to authenticate administrators in your VDOM, you
must configure the authentication before you create the administrator accounts. To do this
you need to:
•
configure the FortiGate unit to access the RADIUS server
•
create a user group with the RADIUS server as its only member.
Administrator
A name for the administrator.
Type
Regular
.
Password
A password for the administrator to use to authenticate.
Confirm
Password
The password entered in
Password
.
Admin Profile
The admin profile to apply to the administrator.
Note:
If you forget or lose an administrator account password and cannot log in to your
FortiGate unit, see the Fortinet Knowledge Center article
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