If you have lost your password for the “admin” account on your FortiGate, how should you reset it?

A.
Log in with another administrator account that has “super_admin” profile permissions, then reset the password for the “admin” account.

B.
Reboot the FortiGate. Via the local console, during the boot loader, use the menu to format the flash disk and reinstall the firmware. Then you can log in with the
default password.

C.
Power off the FortiGate. After several seconds, restart it. Via the local console, within 30 seconds after booting has completed, log in as “maintainer” and enter
the CLI commands to set the password for the “admin” account.

D.
Reboot the FortiGate. Via the local console, during the boot loader, use the menu to log in as “maintainer” and enter the CLI commands to set the password for
the “admin” account.