Thu, Apr 17, 2025 at 02:55:12PM -0400, Gary T. Giesen:
> 
> > On 2025-03-18 6:54 PM EDT heasley <h...@shrubbery.net> wrote:
> 
> > > Has anyone dealt with this issue with RANCiD and cfg-save revert on 
> > > Fortinet FortiGate firewalls? Is there any solution other than to just 
> > > disable cfg-save revert (by setting it to automatic or manual).
> > 
> > No one has mentioned this behavior before, but I do not know how commonly
> > this 'cfg-save revert' knob is configured.  If it is common, maybe you are
> > using a feature that causes this reboot or have encountered a bug.
> 
> 'cfg-save revert' causes a reboot by design (see 
> https://community.fortinet.com/t5/FortiGate/Technical-Tip-Using-the-save-option-set-cfg-save-revert-to/ta-p/191106),
>  I was just curious if anyone had a workaround for disabling paging that 
> didn't trigger a configuration change.

You could, and I would encourage, open a support ticket for this feature;
"terminal attributes, such as disabling the pager, should be per-tty,
ephemeral, and not be done in configuration mode nor require elevated
permissions."

> We've changed them to 'cfg-save manual' which seems to work (although we're 
> always showing configuration changes), although we've lost the ability to 
> auto-revert if we get locked out of the device.
> 
> By default the devices come with 'cfg-save automatic'.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Gary T. Giesen

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