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leo82
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Fortigate Local user and the Administrator User

I'd like to know the difference between the Fortigate Local user and the Administrator User.

Is there any Topic or technical documentation that addresses this?

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Toshi_Esumi
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Those are two different facet of any users.

The opposite of Local users are Remote users, who are authenticated by a remote authenticator over LDAP, RADIUS, TACACS+, etc. Local users are authenticated by the FortiGate(FGT) itself based on the user configuration.

Administrator users are configured under System->Administrator, and who accesses the FGT and configure it and troubleshoot issues releated to the FGT. Non Administrators are regular/general users who send/receive traffic through the FGT but don't have admin access to it.

 

Toshi

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Toshi_Esumi
Esteemed Contributor III

Those are two different facet of any users.

The opposite of Local users are Remote users, who are authenticated by a remote authenticator over LDAP, RADIUS, TACACS+, etc. Local users are authenticated by the FortiGate(FGT) itself based on the user configuration.

Administrator users are configured under System->Administrator, and who accesses the FGT and configure it and troubleshoot issues releated to the FGT. Non Administrators are regular/general users who send/receive traffic through the FGT but don't have admin access to it.

 

Toshi

Mohamed_Gaber

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