Fortinet - admin password reset / factory reset

FortiGate 80D

- console serial cable
- a terminal software lke putty or Tera Term VT
- the serial number of the device



> wait until the device has been started:
enter username: maintainer
pwd: bcp + serial number of the device in UPPERCASE

> now do a factory reset:
execute factoryreset
>> answer the question with yes if you want to do it

>after the reboot, you can login just with user admin and no password

#on a system with vdoms are not enabled
# config system admin
edit admin
set password
end

#on a system with vdoms enabled
# config global
config system admin
edit admin
set password
end

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