Figure 1-6: Create a local user Test the New Administrator Account Click Create New and then click Administrator to add a new administrator account and assign the previous profile you have created to the administrator. To create an administrator account Continuing on the Local-FortiGate GUI, click System > Administrators. The administrator will have read-only access to most of the configuration settings. You will assign the account to the administrator profile you created previously. Now, you will create a new administrator account.

In the permissions table, set Security Profile to Read-Write, but set all other permissions to Read.įigure 1-5: Create a custom profile Create an Administrator Account.

In the Name field, type Security_Admin_Profile.

An administrator profile is a role that is assigned to an administrator user that defines what the user is permitted to do on the FortiGate GUI and CLI. In this exercise, you will work with administrator profiles and administrator user accounts. For example, you can specify the IP addresses that administrators are allowed to connect from. Configuring Administrator AccountsįortiGate offers many options for configuring administrator privileges. In the licensed devices, you should type and then enter username and password.

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