Fortigate - use same local user for administration and SSL VPN

[Ha12m3]

Hello,

is it somehow possible to use the same user, for the administration of the Fortigate, and also for SSL VPN Access? I can't find any option for that, I only can specify, the same user name as local user, in System - Administrators, and also in Users & Authentication - User definition.

I would like to have the same user, to use the same Token.

Thanks in advance! Best regards

[Yurisk]

You certainly can add Administrator type user to the User Group you use in the VPN SSL rules as a source.

First you create administrator user, then you add it to the VPN SSL group.

[ede_pfau]

The answer is: No, you cannot use the same entity in both places.

VPN users come from the local user group, admins from System/Administrators.

But...

in contrast to Windows, using the same name and password effectively makes both users identical. The only downside is that you need to maintain 2 user records.