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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:

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.

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

1Go to System > Config > Admin.

2Select New to add an administrator account.

3Type 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.

4Type 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.

5Optionally 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.

6Set the Permission level for the administrator.

7Select OK to add the administrator account.

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