Miscellaneous--> Proxy support. Error when I use domain Name before the username

nologo73

Hi there,
I am a newbie in PFsense configuration, at the moment i am stuck on the section of configuring the proxy for the WAN port to be able to go out to the internet:

--> System\Advanced\Miscellaneous\Proxy support
In the field "username" I need to write --> domain\username
but I receive the error message "The proxy username contains invalid characters"

Could someone kindly direct me on the solution to this problem?
many thanks

S.black

viragomann

@nologo73
Is the domain name really necessary to authenticate? If so try <username>@<host name>.

nologo73

@viragomann
hello,
unfortunately the domain name before the username is necessary.
I have tried your solution "username@hostname" in the field "Proxy URL" but unfortunately
the answer is " The following input errors were detected: Proxy URL must be a valid IP address or FQDN."

thanks
s.black

stephenw10

Interestingly you can just edit the config.xml directly to use a username like that and it doesn't invalidate the config. It does prevent you saving that page again though so you can't make any other changes there without removing that. And I have no way of knowing if it actually sends that info correctly. You could try it as a test though.

Steve

nologo73

@stephenw10
thank you for your suggestions.
I tried editing the config.xml file correctly by entering the domain\username in the username field, but unfortunately when restarting pfsense the web interface does not go up. As soon as I removed the domain name and in particular the "backslash" simbol, the interface went back to working.

thanks
sblack

stephenw10

Hmm, interesting that wasn't the case when I tried it. What pfSense version are you running?

You tried using the alternative format and the proxy reuses it?

nologo73

@stephenw10
hi Steve,
the version I use is the 2.6.0.
In the file config.xml I have tried only to modify the "username"
On friday I will test the alternative format in the field "URL" in the config.xml file
I will update you
thank you for now!

regards
sblack