Different modes for CLI in web UI

[jfernandz]

Hi everybody,

I've noticed there are apparently two modes for CLI, and I think it has something to do with the browser, when I use Edge on Windows 10 I have this CLI:

 

However, when I use Google Chrome in Linux (but also Edge in some W10 systems) shows the following one:

The former one is unusable (at least I cannot run any command in there), the latter one is fully usable and I can run commands perfectly.

Why do you think is this? 

[Yurisk]

There can be too many reasons to try and find the specific one - Javascript compatibility, Privacy/Security settings on different OSes.  

Inconsistence in GUI between browsers/OS/FortiOS versions has been with us so many years that no one really tries to debug them any more - the universal solution "just use another browser until it works" always helps.

On a personal note - only when there is absolutely no other choice do I use this Cli applet in GUI, SSH client is so much more comfortable and productive.

[jfernandz]

Yurisk wrote:

On a personal note - only when there is absolutely no other choice do I use this Cli applet in GUI, SSH client is so much more comfortable and productive.

That sounds interesting to me, could I set the SSH access also from SSL-VPN? 

[emnoc]

yes depending on fortios version and if you set a allowaccess ssh on the ssl.root interface. I wrote  post a few years back on this 

  http://socpuppet.blogspot.com/2015/03/sslvpn-sslroot-management-access.html

And to add, I also never ever use the gui applet for console access.

Ken Felix

[jfernandz]

I've got enabled the SSH Administrative Access in the interface which I'm physically connected and I still cannot reach the Forti from SSH (now I'm talking locally), should I do something more (from apart enable the SSH Administrative Access, I mean)?

EDIT:

Sorry, the machine had another different port than 22 set in System > Settings > Administration Settings, now I can connect to it locally and through the VPN