Technical Tip: How to Limit Custom Admin User Perm...

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Description

This article describes how to limit custom administrative user permissions for specific commands.

Scope

FortiGate v7.4.4.

Solution

To configure the admin profile and enable the custom option under Permit usage of CLI commands:

Go to system -> Admin profiles, select 'Create new' or edit the existing profiles ->Permit usage of CLI commands -> Custom and disable the permissions for the CLI access.

custom admin user cli restriction.png

Creating Administrator.

Go to System -> Administrators, create a new admin user and set the Administrator profile to 'prof_admin'. This profile limits the admin's access to the specific CLI commands.

creating admin user.png

Output: Try to run the restricted commands (execute, config ) and allowed commands (get commands and diagnose commands).

clioutput of the user.png

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Technical Tip: How to Limit Custom Admin User Permissions for Specific Commands

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