This article describes how to handle an error shown in the GUI when adding more than 8 users in a user group.
FortiGate.
The error 'Maximum number of entries has been reached' appears when adding more than 8 users in a user group.
To work around this error and add users to the user group via the CLI, run the following command:
config user group
edit shared User Accounts
set member "shift" "volunteer" "bbira" "Africa" "Guests" "entebbe.volunteer" "ntinda.volunteer" "caretakef" "watoto"
next
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