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GUI layout customization example

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Tip: Increase the timeout settings before creating or editing a GUI layout. See

The following example illustrates the basic steps to customize the display. The example

assumes that you are an administrator with a super_admin profile performing the

customization. The super_admin will create a profile called Report Profile for a regular

admin user. This protection profile will allow the regular admin user read-only access to

logs and reports produced by the FortiGate unit, and also prevent him or her from viewing

additional FortiGate features.

Before customizing the GUI layout, you need to configure the administrative admin profile.

To configure the profile, go to System > Admin > Admin Profile and select Create New.

Figure 135: Admin profile dialog box (default settings)

Note: The current administrator Access Control settings apply only to the fixed components

of the layout (default), not to the customized items. If you want to create a completely

customized layout profile, you must set access for all fixed components to None and also

set all the standard menu items to Hide from within the GUI layout dialog box (see

The following configuration will set up read-only administrative access to Log&Report

items for the Report Profile profile, and prevent access to the default layout.

Customizable web-based manager

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