Technical Tip: How can I disable saving of VPN XAUTH password before installing FortiClient? (Japan)

[myamakawa]

Description

This article describes steps to disable the saving of the VPN XAUTH password before installing FortiClient.
The attached document norempwdjp.pdf is the Japanese version.

Scope
FortiClient

Solution

[Using Orca]

1) Use a MSI Editor software (Orca as an example) to open the FortiClient.msi (installer file).

2) Transform>New Transform

3) Tables>Property>Add Row

4) Add Name:NOREMEMBER_VPN_PWD Value:1

5) Transform>Generate Transform

6) msiexec /i FortiClient.msi TRANSFORMS=generated_transform.mst;1041.mst

Note: 1041.mst is a GUI language transform file. It should be replaced by an appropriate language transform file.

[Using FortiClient VPN Editor]

1) Run FortiClient VPN Editor

2) Configure VPN tunnels

3) Export to FortiClient.msi

4) Check Disallow 'remember user ID and password' on an 'additional export option' dialogue.
5) msiexec /i FortiClient.msi TRANSFORMS=1041.mst