Technical Tip: Recover auth users from auto-backup...

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Description

This article describes how to recover auth users from auto-backup in case of reboot.

Scope

FortiGate v7.6.x.

Solution

Enable the option under global settings:

Set auth-session-auto-backup-interval.

Config after making the above changes.

Commands to confirm if the backup has been created:

diagnose firewall auth list <----- List authenticated users database.

fnsysctl ls -la /var/log/auth <----- Check the auth backup file.

Note:

This feature is only supported on FortiGate with log disk.

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Technical Tip: Recover auth users from auto-backup in case of reboot