System Administration; Administrators - Fortinet FortiGate FortiGate-1000 Administration Manual

System administration

Administrators

FortiGate-1000 Administration Guide
FortiGate-1000 Administration Guide Version 2.80 MR6
When the FortiGate unit is first installed, it is configured with a single administrator
account with the user name admin. From this administrator account, you can add and
edit administrator accounts. You can also control the access level of each of these
administrator accounts and control the IP address from which the administrator
account can connect to the FortiGate unit.
Each administrator account belongs to an access profile. You can create access
profiles that deny access to or allow read only, write only, or both read and write
access to the following FortiGate features.
System Can access the system status, interface, virtual domain, HA, routing, option,
SNMP, time, and replacement message features.
Configuration
Log & Report Can access the log setting, and log message features.
Security Policy Can access the firewall, VPN, IPS, and antivirus features.
Auth Users Can access the authorized users feature.
Admin Users Can access the administrative users feature.
FortiProtect Can access the update options feature.
Update
System Can access the system shutdown, and system reboot functions.
Shutdown
This chapter describes:
• Administrators
• Access profiles
Use the admin account or an account with system configuration read and write
privileges to add new administrator accounts and control their permission levels.
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