Technical Tip: Command line shows '$' instead of '#'

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Description	This article describes that it is expected to see '$' in the command line while logging into FortiGate using non-super-admin mode.
Scope	FortiGate.
Solution	Log in to the super admin account from FortiGate and create a read-only profile. From GUI: Navigate to System -> Admin Profile -> Create New. From CLI: config system accprofile     edit "Read only"         set secfabgrp read         set ftviewgrp read         set authgrp read         set sysgrp read         set netgrp read         set loggrp read         set fwgrp read         set vpngrp read         set utmgrp read         set wanoptgrp read         set wifi read         set cli-diagnose enable         set cli-get enable         set cli-show enable         set cli-exec enable         set cli-config enable     next end Create an Administrator account for a read-only profile: From GUI,  Go to System -> Administrators -> Create new -> Administrator.   From CLI: config system admin     edit "Test1"         set accprofile "Read only"         set vdom "root"         set password ENC SH2FbjDIB1IS/v4X4M77vegU75YG0y0AP2LY3aghlG5xHpfA2ftUhVtVyiHidE=     next end Log out and log in to FortiGate using the new admin user Test1. Instead of #, $ indicates a non-super-admin profile has logged in. boson-kvm08 $ config firewall policy Unknown action 0 boson-kvm08 $ sh firewall policy config firewall policy end Note:  '#' is for admin users with a super_admin profile, all other profiles have '$'.