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    • KOMK
      KOM
      last edited by

      I have a situation where I have a dummy user in User Manager that I can't delete.

      His icon is grey with no name, disabled or groups info.  How do I get rid of this phantom user?

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      • jimpJ
        jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
        last edited by

        You may need to download a configuration backup and remove it manually. I suspect it's a completely empty <user>tag. Once you manually remove it, restore the backup and it will be gone.</user>

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        • KOMK
          KOM
          last edited by

          I found the following highlighted in red and it doesn't look right:

          <user><scope>user</scope>
          <password>$1$v2ZcBYto$.tWerteOq/qOdM6JoO.</password>
          <md5-hash>f23f40f37b87b73a20eaaa11eb32758</md5-hash>
          <nt-hash>613765396335313936376431616545434623438353938623737636466396331</nt-hash>
          <name>MyUsername</name>

          <expires><authorizedkeys><ipsecpsk><uid>2004</uid>
          <cert>52eaa4510271c</cert></ipsecpsk></authorizedkeys></expires></user>

          <user><scope>user</scope>
          <password>$1$f09Bty1r$cv9TertetzIv5yqfho2wo.</password>
          <md5-hash>6434499b4325b8393acf6ac7f3dac7a8</md5-hash>
          <nt-hash>3032393330366566616132313063345566333563303335396130313963636230</nt-hash>
          <name>YourUsername</name>

          <expires><authorizedkeys><ipsecpsk><uid>2007</uid>
          <cert>52eaa55b611cd</cert></ipsecpsk></authorizedkeys></expires></user>

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          • P
            phil.davis
            last edited by

            Yep, delete that line in red and restore your config.
            If you know how to make the problem happen, then report it, then the original cause can be fixed.

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            • KOMK
              KOM
              last edited by

              Hmm, I think I did something stupid like deleting the user from User Manager that I was logged in as.  It should never let you do that, but it did.  I'll try to log it once I can reproduce it.

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