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Adding and editing administrator accounts System configuration

Adding and editing administrator accounts

When the FortiGate unit is initially installed, it is configured with a single administrator

account with the user name admin. From this administrator account, you can add and

edit administrator accounts. You can also control the access level of each of these

administrator accounts and control the IP address from which the administrator can

connect to the FortiGate unit.

There are three administration account access levels:

Adding new administrator accounts

From the admin account, use the following procedure to add new administrator

accounts and control their permission levels.

To add an administrator account

1 Go to System > Config > Admin.

2 Select New to add an administrator account.

3 Type a login name for the administrator account.

The login name can contain numbers (0-9), uppercase and lowercase letters

(A-Z, a-z), and the special characters - and _. Other special characters and spaces

are not allowed.

4 Type and confirm a password for the administrator account.

For improved security, the password should be at least 6 characters long. The

password can contain any characters except spaces.

5 Optionally type a Trusted Host IP address and netmask for the location from which the

administrator can log into the web-based manager.

If you want the administrator to be able to access the FortiGate unit from any address,

set the trusted host to 0.0.0.0 and the netmask to 0.0.0.0.

To limit the administrator to only access the FortiGate unit from a specific network, set

the trusted host to the address of the network and set the netmask to the netmask for

the network. For example, to limit an administrator to accessing the FortiGate unit

from your internal network, set the trusted host to the address of your internal network

(for example, 192.168.1.0) and set the netmask to 255.255.255.0.

6 Set the Permission level for the administrator.

7 Select OK to add the administrator account.

admin Has all permissions. Can view, add, edit, and delete administrator accounts.

Can view and change the FortiGate configuration. The admin user is the only

user who can go to the System Status page and manually update firmware,

update the antivirus definitions, update the attack definitions, download or

upload system settings, restore the FortiGate unit to factory defaults, restart

the FortiGate unit, and shut down the FortiGate unit. There is only one admin

user.

Read & Write Can view and change the FortiGate configuration. Can view but cannot add,

edit, or delete administrator accounts. Can change own administrator account

password. Cannot make changes to system settings from the System Status

page.

Read Only Can view the FortiGate configuration.

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