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Set Up a Firewall Administrative Account and Assign CLI Privileges

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Set Up a Firewall Administrative Account and Assign CLI Privileges

To set up a custom firewall administrative role and assign CLI privileges, use the following workflow:
  1. Configure an Admin Role profile.
    1. Select
      Device
      Admin Roles
      and then click
      Add
      .
    2. Enter a
      Name
      to identify the role.
    3. For the scope of the
      Role
      , select
      Device
      or
      Virtual System
      .
    4. Define access to the
      Command Line
      :
      • Device
        role—
        superuser
        ,
        superreader
        ,
        deviceadmin
        ,
        devicereader
        , or
        None
        .
      • Virtual System
        role—
        vsysadmin
        ,
        vsysreader
        , or
        None
        .
    5. Click
      OK
      to save the profile.
  2. Configure an administrator account.
    1. Select
      Device
      >
      Administrators
      and click
      Add
      .
    2. Enter a user
      Name
      . If you will use local database authentication, this must match the name of a user account in the local database.
    3. If you configured an
      Authentication Profile
      or authentication sequence for the user, select it in the drop-down. If you select
      None
      , you must enter a
      Password
      and
      Confirm Password
      .
    4. If you configured a custom role for the user, set the
      Administrator Type
      to
      Role Based
      and select the Admin Role
      Profile
      . Otherwise, set the
      Administrator Type
      to
      Dynamic
      and select a dynamic role.
    5. Click
      OK
      and
      Commit
      .

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