Chapter 19 Virtual Domains : Troubleshooting Virtual Domains : VDOM admin having problems gaining access : Confirm the VDOMs admin access
  
Confirm the VDOMs admin access
As with all FortiGate units, administration access on the VDOM’s interfaces must be enabled for that VDOM’s administrators to gain access. For example if SSH is not enabled, that is not available to administrators.
To enable admin access, the super_admin will go to the Global > Network > Interfaces page, and for the interface in question enable the admin access.