forgotten administrator password fortios 7.2.5

[MOMO1]

hi, i'm using fortos 7.2.5 and i forgot my admin password.
I have the default administrator but it is read-only. can you please help me reset the password?

[AEK]

Hi Momo

There is no maintainer password on 7.2.5, so you don't have any super admin access you need to as follows :

• Use your read only admin to take a full backup
• Reinstall from usb or tftp (see link below)
• Then restore the config

https://community.fortinet.com/t5/FortiGate/Technical-Tip-Formatting-and-loading-FortiGate-firmware-...

[MOMO1]

Good evening,

thanks for your answer. my read-only administrator cannot do a complete backup of the forti. Do you have an idea of ​​what I could do?

[vraev]

Hi,

Have you check these articles?

https://community.fortinet.com/t5/FortiAnalyzer/Technical-Tip-How-to-recover-access-to-FortiManager-...
https://community.fortinet.com/t5/FortiAnalyzer/Technical-Tip-How-to-recover-access-to-FortiManager-...

Best,