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Adding new administrator accounts System configuration
Adding and editing administrator accounts
When the FortiGate unit is initially 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, optionally, control the IP address from which the
administrator can connect to the FortiGate unit.
There are three administration account access levels:
Adding new administrator accounts
From the admin account, use the following procedure to add new administrator
accounts and control their permission levels:
1 Go to System > Config > Admin.
2 Select New to add an administrator account.
3 Type a login name for the administrator account.
The login 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 Type and confirm a password for the administrator account.
For improved security, the password should be at least 6 characters long. The
password can contain any characters except spaces.
5 Optionally type a Trusted Host IP address and netmask for the location from which the
administrator can log into the web-based manager.
If you want the administrator to be able to access the FortiGate unit from any address,
set the trusted host to 0.0.0.0 and the netmask to 0.0.0.0.
To limit the administrator to only be able to access the FortiGate unit from a specific
network, set the trusted host to the address of the network and set the netmask to the
netmask for the network. For example, to limit an administrator to accessing the
FortiGate unit from your internal network, set the trusted host to the address of your
internal network (for example, 192.168.1.0) and set the netmask to 255.255.255.0.
6 Set the Permission level for the administrator.
7 Select OK to add the administrator account.
admin Has all permissions. Can view, add, edit, and delete administrator accounts.
Can view and change the FortiGate configuration. The admin user is the only
user who can go to System > Status and manually update firmware, update
the antivirus definitions, update the attack definitions, download or upload
system settings, restore the FortiGate unit to factory defaults, restart the
FortiGate unit, and shut down the FortiGate unit. There is only one admin user.
Read & Write Can view and change the FortiGate configuration. Can view but cannot add,
edit, or delete administrator accounts. Can change own administrator account
password. Cannot make changes to system settings from the
System > Status page.
Read Only Can view the FortiGate configuration.