Fortigate password recovery/reset

 Notes:

• Works for all models
• Only after hard power cycle
• Only during first 15-30 seconds
• Only via hardware console port

Steps:

1. Connect to device using console
2. Reboot the device
3. Login with username: maintainer
4. Password: bcpb+<DEVICE_SERIAL> for example: bcpbFG140P2G14500013
5. Take note that after the reboot you have only 15 seconds to login

Output sample:

FortiGate-140D-POE (18:47-05.30.2013)

Ver:04000028

Serial number:FG140P2G14500013

RAM activation

CPU(00:000106ca bfebfbff): MP initialization

CPU(01:000106ca bfebfbff): MP initialization

CPU(02:000106ca bfebfbff): MP initialization

CPU(03:000106ca bfebfbff): MP initialization

Total RAM: 4096MB

Enabling cache...Done.

Scanning PCI bus...Done.

Allocating PCI resources...Done.

Enabling PCI resources...Done.

Zeroing IRQ settings...Done.

Verifying PIRQ tables...Done.

Boot up, boot device capacity: 1910MB.

Press any key to display configuration menu...

......

Reading boot image 1481398 bytes.

Initializing firewall...

System is starting...

FGT login: maintainer

Password: ********************

Welcome !

FGT#

FGT# execute factoryreset

This operation will reset the system to factory default!

Do you want to continue? (y/n)y

System is resetting to factory default...

The system is going down NOW !!

For security reasons maintainer can be disabled in the following manner:

config sys global

set admin-maintainer disable

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