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    • Administration Guide

    Home FortiManager 7.6.1 Administration Guide
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    Managing administrator accounts

    Managing administrator accounts

    Go to System Settings > Administrators to view the list of administrators and manage administrator accounts.

    Only administrators with the Super_User profile can see the complete administrators list. If you do not have certain viewing permissions, you will not see the administrator list. When ADOMs are enabled, administrators can only access the ADOMs they have permission to access.

    The following options are available:

    Create New

    Create a new administrator. See Creating administrators.

    Edit

    Edit the selected administrator. See Editing administrators.

    Clone

    Clone the selected administrator.

    Move

    Move the adminstrator to a different sequence in the table.

    Delete

    Delete the selected administrator or administrators. See Deleting administrators.

    Table View/Tile View

    Change the view of the administrator list.

    Table view shows a list of the administrators in a table format. Tile view shows a separate card for each administrator in a grid pattern.

    Column Settings

    Change the displayed columns.

    Search

    Search the administrators.

    Change Password

    Change the selected administrator's password. This option is only available from the right-click menu. See Editing administrators.

    The following columns are available:

    #

    The sequence number.

    Name

    The name the administrator uses to log in.

    Type

    The user type, as well as if the administrator uses a wildcard.

    Profile

    The profile applied to the administrator. See Administrator profiles

    If a profile is applied per-ADOM for the administrator, they are listed as ADOM:profile.

    JSON API Access

    The administrators read/write privileges for JSON API.

    ADOMs

    The ADOMs the administrator has access to or is excluded from.

    Policy Packages

    The policy packages the administrator can access.

    Comments

    Comments about the administrator account. This column is hidden by default.

    Trusted IPv4 Hosts

    The IPv4 trusted host(s) associated with the administrator. See Trusted hosts.

    Trusted IPv6 Hosts

    The IPv6 trusted host(s) associated with the administrator. See Trusted hosts. This column is hidden by default.

    Contact Email

    The contact email associated with the administrator. This column is hidden by default.

    Contact Phone

    The contact phone number associated with the administrator. This column is hidden by default.

    FortiAI User

    Indicates if the user has access to use the FortiAI assistant. This feature is only available with a valid FortiAI license. See FortiAI .
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    Managing administrator accounts

    Managing administrator accounts

    Go to System Settings > Administrators to view the list of administrators and manage administrator accounts.

    Only administrators with the Super_User profile can see the complete administrators list. If you do not have certain viewing permissions, you will not see the administrator list. When ADOMs are enabled, administrators can only access the ADOMs they have permission to access.

    The following options are available:

    Create New

    Create a new administrator. See Creating administrators.

    Edit

    Edit the selected administrator. See Editing administrators.

    Clone

    Clone the selected administrator.

    Move

    Move the adminstrator to a different sequence in the table.

    Delete

    Delete the selected administrator or administrators. See Deleting administrators.

    Table View/Tile View

    Change the view of the administrator list.

    Table view shows a list of the administrators in a table format. Tile view shows a separate card for each administrator in a grid pattern.

    Column Settings

    Change the displayed columns.

    Search

    Search the administrators.

    Change Password

    Change the selected administrator's password. This option is only available from the right-click menu. See Editing administrators.

    The following columns are available:

    #

    The sequence number.

    Name

    The name the administrator uses to log in.

    Type

    The user type, as well as if the administrator uses a wildcard.

    Profile

    The profile applied to the administrator. See Administrator profiles

    If a profile is applied per-ADOM for the administrator, they are listed as ADOM:profile.

    JSON API Access

    The administrators read/write privileges for JSON API.

    ADOMs

    The ADOMs the administrator has access to or is excluded from.

    Policy Packages

    The policy packages the administrator can access.

    Comments

    Comments about the administrator account. This column is hidden by default.

    Trusted IPv4 Hosts

    The IPv4 trusted host(s) associated with the administrator. See Trusted hosts.

    Trusted IPv6 Hosts

    The IPv6 trusted host(s) associated with the administrator. See Trusted hosts. This column is hidden by default.

    Contact Email

    The contact email associated with the administrator. This column is hidden by default.

    Contact Phone

    The contact phone number associated with the administrator. This column is hidden by default.

    FortiAI User

    Indicates if the user has access to use the FortiAI assistant. This feature is only available with a valid FortiAI license. See FortiAI .
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