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    Problems with captiveportal after upgrading to 2.2

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      markusxyz
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      @marcelloc:

      Try to rename current captive portal database and see if it get's working again.

      file is under /var/db/captiveportal….db

      ok…but if I rename the db how can the pfsense know which is the db?

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        markusxyz
        last edited by

        @marcelloc:

        Try to rename current captive portal database and see if it get's working again.

        file is under /var/db/captiveportal….db

        I've tried, I've called it captiveportalNEW.db but it seems not working yet.

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        • marcellocM
          marcelloc
          last edited by

          @markusxyz:

          @marcelloc:

          Try to rename current captive portal database and see if it get's working again.

          file is under /var/db/captiveportal….db

          ok…but if I rename the db how can the pfsense know which is the db?

          The active users database is created automatically on captive user login process. 2.1 uses sqlite2 and 2.2 uses sqlite3. As pfsense does not comes with sqlite 2.2, database can't be migrated but can be recreated.

          Can you see if there are only this captive database on your dir? Did ou tried to reinstall the service after renaming it?

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            markusxyz
            last edited by

            @marcelloc:

            @markusxyz:

            @marcelloc:

            Try to rename current captive portal database and see if it get's working again.

            file is under /var/db/captiveportal….db

            ok…but if I rename the db how can the pfsense know which is the db?

            The active users database is created automatically on captive user login process. 2.1 uses sqlite2 and 2.2 uses sqlite3. As pfsense does not comes with sqlite 2.2, database can't be migrated but can be recreated.

            Can you see if there are only this captive database on your dir? Did ou tried to reinstall the service after renaming it?

            There is also captiveportalcpzone.db
            I've only tried to restart the service.

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            • marcellocM
              marcelloc
              last edited by

              @markusxyz:

              There is also captiveportalcpzone.db
              I've only tried to restart the service.

              Try to rename that too.

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                markusxyz
                last edited by

                @marcelloc:

                @markusxyz:

                There is also captiveportalcpzone.db
                I've only tried to restart the service.

                Try to rename that too.

                Nothing it doesn't work

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                • marcellocM
                  marcelloc
                  last edited by

                  I have captive portal working on 2.2. I guess you're still with old database files being called.

                  The errors shows what database file is broken?

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                    markusxyz
                    last edited by

                    @marcelloc:

                    I have captive portal working on 2.2. I guess you're still with old database files being called.

                    The errors shows what database file is broken?

                    I get this:Zone: cpzone - Error during table cpzone creation. Error message: file is encrypted or is not a database

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                    • marcellocM
                      marcelloc
                      last edited by

                      Make a config backp and then disable captive portal and move/delete  old databases to another folder.
                      Captive portal configuration stays on xml.

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                        markusxyz
                        last edited by

                        @marcelloc:

                        Make a config backp and then disable captive portal and move/delete  old databases to another folder.
                        Captive portal configuration stays on xml.

                        I've already done config backup before upgrade to 2.2. Anyway which database in /var/db have I to delete?

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                        • marcellocM
                          marcelloc
                          last edited by

                          Captive portal databases.
                          You move to another folder instead of deleting it if you prefer.

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                            markusxyz
                            last edited by

                            @marcelloc:

                            Captive portal databases.
                            You move to another folder instead of deleting it if you prefer.

                            ok I've copied all files captiveportal***.db and then deleted.
                            These are the logs:
                            Jan 31 19:20:05 logportalauth[95869]: Zone: cpzone - Reconfiguring captive portal().
                            Jan 31 19:20:27 check_reload_status: Reloading filter
                            Jan 31 19:20:05 check_reload_status: Syncing firewall
                            and this  lighttpd[89587]: (server.c.1558) server stopped by UID = 0 PID = 27770

                            But it seems not working yet…

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                            • marcellocM
                              marcelloc
                              last edited by

                              Did you disabled/enabled  the service after removing the database files?

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                                markusxyz
                                last edited by

                                @marcelloc:

                                Did you disabled/enabled  the service after removing the database files?

                                yes done! it doesn't work.

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                                • marcellocM
                                  marcelloc
                                  last edited by

                                  Well,  I have it working.  You need somebody else experience with 2.1 to 2.2 captive portal migration.

                                  Postfix package will have similar issues but I'm writing a guide for package migration when pbi binaries get working…

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                                    doktornotor Banned
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                                    No problems with migration here… (If you cannot get it working, a clean install and config restore takes minutes.)

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                                      markusxyz
                                      last edited by

                                      @doktornotor:

                                      No problems with migration here… (If you cannot get it working, a clean install and config restore takes minutes.)

                                      a clean install of 2.1.5 or 2.2?

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                                        doktornotor Banned
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                                        Up to you, though 2.1 is pretty much a dead end.

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                                          markusxyz
                                          last edited by

                                          @doktornotor:

                                          Up to you, though 2.1 is pretty much a dead end.

                                          I will try a clean install of 2.2 on another machine.

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                                            markusxyz
                                            last edited by

                                            @doktornotor:

                                            No problems with migration here… (If you cannot get it working, a clean install and config restore takes minutes.)

                                            Minutes??? I've tried to reinstall pfsense n times and it doesn't work. After restore I get mismatch error and I've tried but I am not able to set the right interfaces.
                                            I don't understand. Error in the backup file?

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