Your network is secure, your computer is up and running, and your printer is jam-free. Why? Because you’ve got an awesome sysadmin (or maybe a whole IT department) keeping your business up and running. So say IT loud; say IT proud …
Use the following steps to active administrator account.
Normally, the command prompt can be opened as a regular user to run commands that don’t require administrative rights. However, if you need to run a command that requires administrative rights, you must open the command prompt window as administrator.
in the lower-left corner of the screen and select the Command Prompt (Admin) option from the User menu.You can also press the Windows key + X to access this menu.
– The second method involves the Start screen. If you are currently on the Desktop, click the Start button in the lower-left corner of the screen.
On the Start screen, start type “command prompt” (without the quotes). The Search panel displays on the right side of the screen and results of the search display as you type. Right-click on Command Prompt and select Run as administrator from the popup menu.
So now you are opened the command prompt in administrator mode.
2. Type below given command to see the users list:
C:\WINDOWS\System32>net user
3. Unlock the administrator account.
C:\WINDOWS\System32>net user administrator /active: yes
C:\WINDOWS\System32>net user administrator *
(* – type the password)
Source: howtogeek
When you try to change the Hosts file or the Lmhosts file in Microsoft Windows 10, or Windows 7, you may receive an error message that resembles either of the following.
Access to C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\ hosts was denied
Cannot create the C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts file.
Make sure that the path and file name are correct.
This issue occurs even though you log on by using an account that has administrative credentials.
To work around this issue, follow these steps:
, click All Programs, click Accessories, right-click Notepad, and then click Run as administrator.
If you are prompted for an administrator password or for a confirmation, type the password, or click Allow or Yes.
source: Microsoft
Resetting a lost admin password:
Periodically a situation arises where the FortiGate needs to be accessed or the
Admin account’s password needs to be changed, but no one with the existing
password is available. If you have physical access to the device and a few other
tools then the password can be reset.
Warning:
This procedure will require the reboot of the FortiGate unit.
You need:
• Console cabel
• Terminal software such as Putty.exe (Windows) or Terminal (Mac OS)
• Serial number of the FortiGate device
Step-1: Connect the computer to the firewall via the Console port on the
back of the unit.
In most units this is done either by a Serial cable or a RJ-45 to
Serial cable. There are some units that use a USB cable and
FortiExplorer to connect to the console port.
Console cable
Virtual instances will not have any physical port to connect to so
you will have to use the supplied VM Hosts’ console connection
utility.
Step 2: Start your terminal software.
Step 3: Connect to the firewall using the following:
Step 4:
The firewall should then respond with its name or hostname. (If it
doesn’t try pressing “enter”)
Step 5:
Reboot the firewall. If there is no power button, disconnect the
power adapter and reconnect it after 10 seconds. Plugging in the
power too soon after unplugging it can cause corruption in the
memory in some units.
Step 6:
Wait for the Firewall name and login prompt to appear. The
terminal window should display something similar to the following:
FortiGate-60C (18:52-06.18.2010)
Ver:04000010
Serial number: FGT60C3G10016011
CPU(00): 525MHz
Total RAM: 512 MB
NAND init… 128 MB
MAC Init… nplite#0
Press any key to display configuration menu…
……
reading boot image 1163092 bytes.
Initializing firewall…
System is started.
<name of Fortinet Device> login:
Step 7:
Type in the username:
maintainer
Step 8:
The password is
bcpb + the serial number of the firewall (letters of
the serial number is in UPPERCASE format)
Example:
bcpbFGT60C3G10016011
Note:
On some devices, after the device boots, you have
only 14 seconds or less to type in the username and
password. It might, therefore, be necessary to have the
credentials ready in a text editor, and then copy and paste
them into the login screen. There is no indicator of when
your time runs out so it is possible that it might take more
than one attempt to succeed.
Step 9:
Now you should be connected to the firewall. To change the admin
password you type the following…
In a unit where vdoms are not enabled:
config system admin
edit admin
set password <psswrd>
end
In a unit where vdoms are enabled:
config global
config system admin
edit admin
set password <psswrd>
end
Warning:
Good news and bad news. Some might be worried that there is a backdoor into
the system. The maintainer feature/account is enabled by default, but the better
news is, if you wish, there is an option to disable this feature. The bad news is
that if you disable the feature and lose the password without having someone
Else that can log in as a superadmin profile user, you will be out of options.
If you attempt to use the maintainer account and see the message on the
console, “PASSWORD RECOVERY FUNCTIONALITY IS DISABLED“, this
means that the maintainer account has been disabled.
Disabling the maintainer feature/account
Use the following command in the CLI to change the status of the maintainer
Account
To disable
config system global
set admin-maintainer disable
end
To enable
config system global
set admin-maintainer enable
end
Source: Fortinet
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