Fixes Forticlient 7.0.7

forti-fix.sh

#!/bin/bash
# version 2 thanks to @dhx-mike-palandra

echo "Creating /etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/99-forticlient.conf..."
sudo cat > /etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/99-forticlient.conf << 'EOF'
[keyfile]
unmanaged-devices=interface-name:~vpn*,type:tun
EOF

if [ $? -eq 0 ]
then
  echo "Successfully created config file. VPN connection should work now."
else
  echo "Failed to create config file! Try running this script with root permissions."
fi

This sorted my issues on Fedora 38.

I use an OpenConnect VPN as well and the original configuration line did cause problems with that. To tighten up the NetworkManager match, you may want to change the line to:

unmanaged-devices=interface-name:~vpn00*,type:tun

This assumes that Fortinet creates all its interfaces starting with vpn00 for you like it does on my device. This way it won't affect VPNs created with OpenConnect which are usually vpn0, vpn1, etc.

Any luck with Fedora 39?

Hi all, if you are facing issues with Forti's own client, I can recommend openfortivpn

Hi all, if you are facing issues with Forti's own client, I can recommend openfortivpn

Unfortunately, I need the SAML Login which upon my knowledge is not supported by openfortivpn.

You can try openfortivpn-webview. openfortivpn has a link to SAML in their README

Thanks! Ubuntu 23.10 works!

Dosen't work on ubuntu 23.10 / FortiClient VPN 7.2.2.0753 :(

Works on kali 2023.4 . Thank you very much !

The script worked perfectly with FortiClient VPN 7.0.7.0246 but it does not work with version 7.2.2.0753. My OS is Debian 12.