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Create or edit an administrator profile

Create or edit an administrator profile

Select Create New to open the New Administrator Profile page. It provides settings for configuring an administrator profile.

Select an administrator profile and then click Edit Profile to open the Edit Administrator Profile page.

Configure the following settings in the New Administrator Profile page or Edit Administrator Profile page and then click OK.

NOTE: You cannot edit the super_admin profile.

Name Enter a name for the new administrator profile. After an administrator profile is created, you cannot change the name.
Comments Optionally, add comments about the administrator profile.
Access Control List of the items that can customize access control settings if configured.
None Deny access for the Access Control category.
Read Only Enable read-only access for the Access Control category.
Read-Write Allow read-write access for the Access Control category.
Access Control (categories)

Make specific access control selections as required.

  • Maintenance
  • Administrator Users
  • FortiGuard Update
  • User & Device
  • System Configuration
  • Network Configuration
  • Log & Report
  • Router Configuration
  • Firewall Configuration
  • VPN Configuration
  • Security Profile Configuration
  • WAN Opt & Cache
Override Idle Timeout Enable to change how many minutes the FortiProxy unit is idle before the session closes.
Timeout Select Idle Countdown to specify the number of minutes that the system is idle before the session closes. Select Never Timeout to prevent the FortiProxy unit from closing idle sessions.
Idle Enter the number of minutes that the FortiProxy unit is idle before the session closes. The default is 10 minutes.

Create or edit an administrator profile

Select Create New to open the New Administrator Profile page. It provides settings for configuring an administrator profile.

Select an administrator profile and then click Edit Profile to open the Edit Administrator Profile page.

Configure the following settings in the New Administrator Profile page or Edit Administrator Profile page and then click OK.

NOTE: You cannot edit the super_admin profile.

Name Enter a name for the new administrator profile. After an administrator profile is created, you cannot change the name.
Comments Optionally, add comments about the administrator profile.
Access Control List of the items that can customize access control settings if configured.
None Deny access for the Access Control category.
Read Only Enable read-only access for the Access Control category.
Read-Write Allow read-write access for the Access Control category.
Access Control (categories)

Make specific access control selections as required.

  • Maintenance
  • Administrator Users
  • FortiGuard Update
  • User & Device
  • System Configuration
  • Network Configuration
  • Log & Report
  • Router Configuration
  • Firewall Configuration
  • VPN Configuration
  • Security Profile Configuration
  • WAN Opt & Cache
Override Idle Timeout Enable to change how many minutes the FortiProxy unit is idle before the session closes.
Timeout Select Idle Countdown to specify the number of minutes that the system is idle before the session closes. Select Never Timeout to prevent the FortiProxy unit from closing idle sessions.
Idle Enter the number of minutes that the FortiProxy unit is idle before the session closes. The default is 10 minutes.