On 7.4 and usernames

Is there a technical reason they’re not allowing usernames with a dot anymore? It seems pretty ridiculous.

I assume you mean usernames used for the whatchamacallit? If not, perhaps you can be a bit more specific?

WTF? Hopefully not for FMG/FAZ as well!

We have just changed our admin concept and it uses a dot!

What about the usernames that have dots in it, after updating to 7.4?

I think that was already discussed earlier:
https://www.reddit.com/r/fortinet/comments/1aho12c/fortinet_admin_accounts_cant_contain_dots_anymore/

There are tons of opinions and such :slight_smile:

You didn’t hear?

They created a new standard for the whatchamacallit that no longer accepts dots for usernames.

In firmware 7.4 Fortinet removed the ability to add usernames to the FW that have a dot in the username (firstname.lastname).

Why did they do this?

I have no idea. I know Fortinet monitors this subreddit. Id love an answer.

They can stay, apparently.

oh great, thank you.

Vpn users? Admin users? All users?

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