Setting Authentication Timeout; Adding User Names And Configuring Authentication - Fortinet FortiGate 100 Installation & Configuration Manual

Adding user names and configuring authentication

Setting authentication timeout

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This chapter describes:
• Setting authentication timeout
• Adding user names and configuring authentication
• Configuring RADIUS support
• Configuring LDAP support
• Configuring user groups
To set authentication timeout:
1 Go to System > Config > Options.
2 Set Auth Timeout to control how long authenticated firewall connections can remain
idle before users must authenticate again to get access through the firewall.
The default authentication timeout is 15 minutes.
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
1 Go to User > Local.
2 Select New to add a new user name.
3 Enter 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.
4 Select 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.
LDAP Require the user to authenticate to an LDAP server. Select the name of the
LDAP server to which the user must authenticate. You can only select an
LDAP server that has been added to the FortiGate LDAP configuration. See
"Configuring LDAP support" on page
Radius Require the user to authenticate to a RADIUS server. Select the name of the
RADIUS server to which the user must authenticate. You can only select a
RADIUS server that has been added to the FortiGate RADIUS configuration.
See "Configuring RADIUS support" on page
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