Technical Tip: How to set the admin password to empty
| Description | This article describes how to set the administrator account password to empty. |
| Scope | FortiGate. |
| Solution |
config system admin edit "admin" set accprofile "super_admin" set vdom "root" set password ENC SH2CBKZWErh1aIVtjkiFqgUE7jz89aIEAIEq**bleep**DDoswa8dsBN03ce/J2RQ6BA= next end
FG1500D_14 # config system admin FG1500D_14 (admin) # edit admin FG1500D_14 (admin) # unset password <old password> *** where <old password> is the current password of the account "admin" FG1500D_14 (admin) # end
FG1500D_14 # show system admin admin config system admin edit "admin" set accprofile "super_admin" set vdom "root" next end |