Safeguard for Privileged Passwordssupports Fortinet Internet appliances. Safeguard for Privileged Passwords uses the SSH protocol to connect to Fortinet devices.
To prepare a Fortinet FortiOS device for Safeguard for Privileged Passwords
- Create the service account as a local user on the managed system and assign it a password.
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Add the service account to the Fortinet Administrators group. This allows the service account to access the device with SSH to manage users.
IMPORTANT: Safeguard for Privileged Passwords can only manage passwords for users that are members of the Fortinet Administrators group.
- Enable and configure the SSH server to allow the service account to log in remotely.
- Add the Fortinet device to Safeguard for Privileged Passwords using password authentication.