Chapter 10 Install and System Administration for FortiOS 5.0 : Basic Administration : Administrators : Regular (password) authentication for administrators
  
Regular (password) authentication for administrators
You can use a password stored on the local FortiGate unit to authenticate an administrator. When you select Regular for Type, you will see Local as the entry in the Type column when you view the list of administrators.
See Also
Administrator configuration
Management access
RADIUS authentication for administrators
Configuring LDAP authentication for administrators
TACACS+ authentication for administrators
PKI certificate authentication for administrators
Administrator profiles
Adding administrators
Monitoring administrators
Trusted hosts
Administrative port settings