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Technical Tip: User 'FGT_ha_admin'

Description

This article describes what 'FGT_ha_admin' is.

Scope

FortiOS.

Solution

'FGT_ha_admin' is an Internal system user used for the following purposes:

When syncing CLI changes from the primary to the secondary, this name is used as the log name for changes made on the secondary, or is the account name for the user for synchronizing configuration when on HA.
This is a normal behavior and is not to be taken as any attack:

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