This article describes how FortiGate can detect all the groups of the captive portal user once it is authenticated.
Solution
Step 1: Test user is ‘test1’.
Step 2: Make sure that the ‘test1’ user is part of ‘group1’ and ‘group2’.
Step 3: Captive portal is enabled on the interface port2 where the captive portal user is behind of. ‘group1’ and ‘group2’ have been added under user restricted groups which are the groups that ‘test1’ user is part of.
Step 4: With this configuration. once ‘test1’ user authenticates via captive portal, the FortiGate will detect all the groups that the ‘test1’ captive portal user belongs to.
Step 5: It is possible to check it as well via cli by running this command # diag firewall auth list.
Alex Lim
Alex Lim is a certified IT Technical Support Architect with over 15 years of experience in designing, implementing, and troubleshooting complex IT systems and networks. He has worked for leading IT companies, such as Microsoft, IBM, and Cisco, providing technical support and solutions to clients across various industries and sectors. Alex has a bachelor’s degree in computer science from the National University of Singapore and a master’s degree in information security from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is also the author of several best-selling books on IT technical support, such as The IT Technical Support Handbook and Troubleshooting IT Systems and Networks. Alex lives in Bandar, Johore, Malaysia with his wife and two chilrdren. You can reach him at [email protected] or follow him on Website | Twitter | Facebook
