System configuration

Adding and editing administrator accounts

 

 

3Select Apply.

Auth Timeout controls the amount of inactive time that the firewall waits before requiring users to authenticate again. For more information, see “Users and authentication” on page 171.

The default Auth Timeout is 15 minutes. The maximum Auth Timeout is 480 minutes (8 hours).

To select a language for the web-based manager

1Go to System > Config > Options.

2From the Languages list, select a language for the web-based manager to use.

3Select Apply.

You can choose English, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean, or Traditional Chinese.

Note: When the web-based manager language is set to use Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean, or Traditional Chinese, you can change to English by selecting the English button on the upper right of the web-based manager.

Modifying the Dead Gateway Detection settings

Modify dead gateway detection to control how the FortiGate unit confirms connectivity with a ping server added to an interface configuration. For information about adding a ping server to an interface, see “Adding a ping server to an interface” on page 97.

To modify the dead gateway detection settings

1Go to System > Config > Options.

2For Detection Interval, type a number in seconds to specify how often the FortiGate unit tests the connection to the ping target.

3For Fail-over Detection, type a number of times that the connection test fails before the FortiGate unit assumes that the gateway is no longer functioning.

4Select Apply.

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:

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