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User & Authentication

User & Authentication

The User & Authentication menu allows you to configure user accounts, user groups, guests, authentication settings, and FortiTokens.

FortiProxy units support the use of external authentication servers. An authentication server can provide password checking for selected FortiProxy users, or it can be added as a member of a FortiProxy user group.

NOTE: If you are going to use authentication servers, you must configure the servers before you configure the FortiProxy users or user groups that require them.

This section describes the following topics:

User & Authentication

The User & Authentication menu allows you to configure user accounts, user groups, guests, authentication settings, and FortiTokens.

FortiProxy units support the use of external authentication servers. An authentication server can provide password checking for selected FortiProxy users, or it can be added as a member of a FortiProxy user group.

NOTE: If you are going to use authentication servers, you must configure the servers before you configure the FortiProxy users or user groups that require them.

This section describes the following topics: