Fortinet FortiGate User Manual

FortiGate User Authentication Version 1 Guide
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Users Users and user groups
To define a local user - web-based manager
1 Go to User > Local.
2 Select Create New.
3 Enter the user name.
4 Do one of the following:
• To authenticate this user locally, select Password and type a password.
• To authenticate this user using an LDAP or Active Directory server, select
LDAP and select the server name.
• To authenticate this user using a RADIUS server, select RADIUS and select
the server name.
If you want to use an authentication server, you must configure access to it first.
See “Authentication servers” on page 9.
5 Select OK.
To define a local user - CLI
config user local
edit <user_name>
set type password
set passwd <user_password>
end
or
config user local
edit <user_name>
set type ldap
set ldap_server <server_name>
end
or
config user local
edit <user_name>
set type radius
set radius_server <server_name>
end

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Brand	Fortinet
Model	FortiGate
Category	Firewall
Language	English