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MOMO1
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forgotten administrator password fortios 7.2.5

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?

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AEK
SuperUser
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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-...

AEK
AEK
MOMO1
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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?

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