Setting Authentication Timeout; Adding User Names And Configuring Authentication - Fortinet FortiGate FortiGate-800 Installation And Configuration Manual

Setting authentication timeout

Setting authentication timeout

Adding user names and configuring authentication

Adding user names and configuring authentication
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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
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
1 Go to System > Config > Options.
2 In Auth Timeout, type a number, in minutes.
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
To add a user name and configure authentication
1 Go to User > Local.
2 Select New to add a new user name.
3 Type 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.
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