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User definition

User definition

User Definition in User Management displays a list of FortiPAM users listed by their role types.

For each user; name, status, schedule, IPv4 trusted hosts, role, type, and references are shown.

By default, FortiPAM only lists enabled users.

Enable Show all users to list all the users.

The user definitions list contains the following options:

Create

Select to create a new user. See Creating a user.

Edit

Select to edit the selected user account.

Disable

Select to disable the selected user account or accounts.

Search

Enter a search term in the search field, then hit Enter to search the user definition list. To narrow down your search, see Column filter.

Show all users

Enable to list all the users, including disabled users.

On the bottom-left, the number of enabled users and the total number of allowed users are displayed as a label. This label is green when seats are available. The label turns red when all the seats have been used up. Once the seats are used up, new users cannot be enabled without disabling enabled users.

To enable/disable a user:
  1. Right-click a user from the user definition list and then select Enable/Disable from Set status.
  2. To refresh the user definition list, select Reload Now from the message that appears on the bottom-right.

To delete a user:
  1. Right-click a user from the user definition list and then select Delete.

    Before deleting a user, you must remove all the associated items in the References column. Otherwise, deletion fails.

User definition

User Definition in User Management displays a list of FortiPAM users listed by their role types.

For each user; name, status, schedule, IPv4 trusted hosts, role, type, and references are shown.

By default, FortiPAM only lists enabled users.

Enable Show all users to list all the users.

The user definitions list contains the following options:

Create

Select to create a new user. See Creating a user.

Edit

Select to edit the selected user account.

Disable

Select to disable the selected user account or accounts.

Search

Enter a search term in the search field, then hit Enter to search the user definition list. To narrow down your search, see Column filter.

Show all users

Enable to list all the users, including disabled users.

On the bottom-left, the number of enabled users and the total number of allowed users are displayed as a label. This label is green when seats are available. The label turns red when all the seats have been used up. Once the seats are used up, new users cannot be enabled without disabling enabled users.

To enable/disable a user:
  1. Right-click a user from the user definition list and then select Enable/Disable from Set status.
  2. To refresh the user definition list, select Reload Now from the message that appears on the bottom-right.

To delete a user:
  1. Right-click a user from the user definition list and then select Delete.

    Before deleting a user, you must remove all the associated items in the References column. Otherwise, deletion fails.