Fortinet FortiGate Series Administration Guide

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FortiGate Version 4.0 MR1 Administration Guide
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Changing an administrator account password
To change an administrator password, go to System > Admin >
Administrators, and select the Change Password icon next to the
administrator account you want to change the password for. Enter and confirm the new
password, and select OK to save the changes.
Configuring regular (password) authentication for administrators
You can use a password stored on the local FortiGate unit to authenticate an
administrator.
To configure an administrator to authenticate with a password stored on the
FortiGate unit
1 Go to System > Admin.
2 Select Create New, or select the Edit icon beside an existing administrator.
3 Enter the following information:
4 Configure additional features as required. For more information, see “Configuring an
administrator account” on page 270.
5 Select OK.
When you select Type > Regular, you will see Local as the entry in the Type column when
you view the list of administrators. For more information, see “Viewing the administrators
list” on page 269.
Configuring remote authentication for administrators
You can authenticate administrators using RADIUS, LDAP, or TACACS+ servers. In order
to do this, you must configure the server, include the server as a user in a user group, and
create the administrator account to include in the user group.
IPv6 Trusted Host #1
IPv6 Trusted Host #2
IPv6 Trusted Host #3
Enter the trusted host IPv6 address and netmask that administrator login is
restricted to on the FortiGate unit. You can specify up to three trusted hosts.
These addresses all default to ::/0.
For more information, see “Using trusted hosts” on page 280.
Admin Profile Select the admin profile for the administrator. You can also select Create New
to create a new admin profile. For more information on admin profiles, see
“Configuring an admin profile” on page 284.
Administrator A name for the administrator.
Type Regular.
Password A password for the administrator to use to authenticate.
Confirm
Password
The password entered in Password.
Admin Profile The admin profile to apply to the administrator.
Note: If you forget or lose an administrator account password and cannot log in to your
FortiGate unit, see the Fortinet Knowledge Center article Recovering lost administrator
account passwords.

Fortinet FortiGate Series Specifications

General

Model	FortiGate Series
Category	Firewall
Throughput	Varies by model
Interfaces	Varies by model
Concurrent Sessions	Varies by model
VPN Support	Yes
High Availability	Yes
Firewall Throughput	Varies by model
VPN Throughput	Varies by model
IPS Throughput	Varies by model
NGFW Throughput	Varies by model
Threat Protection Throughput	Varies by model
New Sessions per Second	Varies by model
Power Supply	Varies by model
Security Features	Firewall, IPS, Application Control, Web Filtering, Antivirus, VPN
Virtual Domains	Yes
Form Factor	Desktop, Rackmount