


This is useful if you need to restrict the access points from which administrators connect to FortiGate. Only administrators connecting from a trusted subnet will be allowed access. Now, you will restrict access for FortiGate administrators. You should see that this account can configure only security profiles. Figure 1-7: Logout optionĮxplore the permissions that you have in the GUI. To test the new administrator account Continuing on the Local-FortiGate GUI, click username( In my case is admin2) and then Logout to log out of the admin account’s GUI session. In this procedure, you will confirm that the new administrator account has read-write access to only the security profiles configuration. 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.


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.
