Using The Cli; Cli Basics; Connecting To The Fortibridge Cli Using Ssh Or Telnet; Setting Administrative Access For Ssh Or Telnet - Fortinet Version 3.0 Administration Manual

Using the CLI

Using the CLI

CLI basics

Connecting to the FortiBridge CLI using SSH or Telnet

Setting administrative access for SSH or Telnet

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This chapter explains how to connect to the command line interface (CLI) and
contains some basic information about using the CLI. You use CLI commands to
view all system information and to change all system configuration settings.
This chapter describes:
• CLI basics
• Connecting to the FortiBridge CLI using SSH or Telnet
The FortiBridge CLI functions the same as the FortiOS v2.80 CLI. For information
about the CLI structure, how to get command help, how to use command
completion, and other CLI features, see the FortiOS v2.80
Reference Guide.
You can use a direct console connection, SSH, or Telnet to connect to the
FortiBridge CLI.
• Setting administrative access for SSH or Telnet
• Connecting to the FortiBridge CLI using SSH
To connect to the FortiBridge CLI using Telnet, see
CLI using Telnet" on page
To configure the FortiBridge unit to accept SSH or Telnet connections, you must
set administrative access to SSH or Telnet for the FortiBridge interface to which
your management computer connects.
To use the CLI to configure SSH or Telnet access
Log into the CLI.
Use the following command to configure an interface to accept SSH connections:
config system interface
edit <name_str>
set allowaccess ssh
end
Where <name_str> is the name of the FortiBridge interface to be configured to
accept SSH connections. Internal means the FortiBridge INT 1 interface. External
means the FortiBridge EXT 1 interface.
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