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October 22, 2021

Technical Tip: Allowed characters on FortiNAC backup server passwords

  • October 22, 2021
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Description

This article describes that certain special characters are not able to be used with the FortiNAC for passwords setup for remote FTP backup.
 
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Solution
Most characters pose no problems. Do not use 'or = in the FTP password when setting up FortiNAC remote backups. Try to not use characters as [, ], ', <, >. It depends on the remote backup server as well which characters are usable. 

For testing only, use a simple password and see whether the connection and backup works. 
 
Then change the password to a productive password and test again.
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