Fortinet FortiGate-800 manual Setting authentication timeout, 224

Setting authentication timeout Users and authentication

This chapter describes:

•Setting authentication timeout

•Adding user names and configuring authentication

•Configuring RADIUS support

•Configuring LDAP support

•Configuring user groups

Setting authentication timeout

Authentication timeout controls how long authenticated firewall connections can remain idle before users must authenticate again to get access through the firewall.

To set authentication timeout

1Go to System > Config > Options.

2In Auth Timeout, type a number, in minutes. The default authentication timeout is 15 minutes.

Adding user names and configuring authentication

Use the following procedures to add user names and configure authentication.

This section describes:

•Adding user names and configuring authentication

•Deleting user names from the internal database

Adding user names and configuring authentication

To add a user name and configure authentication

1Go to User > Local.

2Select New to add a new user name.

3Type the User Name.

The user 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.

4Select one of the following authentication configurations:

Disable	Prevent this user from authenticating.
Password	Enter the password that this user must use to authenticate. The password
	should be at least six characters long. The password 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.

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