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Fortinet FORTIOS V3.0 MR7 User Manual

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FortiOS v3.0 MR7 SSL VPN User Guide

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Configuring user accounts and SSL VPN user groups

Configuring a FortiGate SSL VPN

You can choose to use a plain text password for authentication through the
FortiGate unit (Local domain), forward authentication requests to an external
RADIUS or LDAP server, or utilize PKI certificate authentication. If password
protection will be provided through a RADIUS or LDAP server, you must configure
the FortiGate unit to forward authentication requests to the RADIUS or LDAP
server. In the case of certificate authentication, you must install the required
certificates.

The following procedures explain how to create a user account and user group in
the Local domain. For information about how to create RADIUS, LDAP or PKI
user accounts, refer to the “User” chapter of the

FortiGate Administration Guide

.

For information about certificate authentication, see the

FortiGate Certificate

Management User Guide.

To create a user account in the Local domain

1

Go to User > Local and select Create New.

2

Select OK.

3

Repeat this procedure for each remote user.

User Name

Type or edit the remote user name (for example,

User_1)

.

Disable

Select Disable to prevent this user from authenticating.

Password

Select Password to authenticate this user using a password stored on
the SSL VPN unit.
Type or edit the password to be associated with the user account. The
password should be at least six characters long.

LDAP

Select LDAP to authenticate this user using a password stored on an
LDAP server. Select the LDAP server from the drop-down list.

RADIUS

Select RADIUS to authenticate this user using a password stored on a
RADIUS server. Select the RADIUS server from the drop-down list.