Then if 'save password' is checked during login, the client will encrypt the password into the DATA1 and DATA2 values, and even though the server may hide the checkboxes again, the saved password will stay. You can currently override this by tampering with the show_* options in the registry specifically, (CNTl-C) terminal and then search through outputįile above was most obvious sounding one and quick look showed a good outlook.Īccording to the official documentation, ' How to activate Save Password, Auto Connect, and Always Up in FortiClient', the availability of this option (and some others) is decided by the server administrator, using the config setting set save-password enable. In forticlient console quickly add a new vpn In terminal run 'sudo opensnoop | grep Forti' You could also use the same thing to save some vpn settings for auto rollout of machines by script (instead of manual setup for each user)įor those interested, the way I found it was simple: Save and then simply open again and the checkboxes to save will be available now, unlike before. To change the following two zeroes to ones. sudo vim /Library/Application\ Support/Fortinet/FortiClient/conf/vpn.plist I had the same issue in OSX (Sierra) using Forticlient 5.4.1.I ended up editing the following file:
