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Description

This article describes how to set the administrator account password to empty.

Scope

FortiGate.

Solution

Set admin password by default:

config system admin

edit "admin"

set accprofile "super_admin"

set vdom "root"

set password ENC SH2CBKZWErh1aIVtjkiFqgUE7jz89aIEAIEq**bleep**DDoswa8dsBN03ce/J2RQ6BA=

end

Use the below CLI to set the admin password to empty:

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

Result:

FG1500D_14 # show system admin admin

config system admin

edit "admin"

set accprofile "super_admin"

set vdom "root"

end

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Technical Tip: How to set the admin password to empty