Strange behavior on changing SSH settings
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Hi,
I'm configuring XG-7100 and found a strange behavior when configuring SSH. From System > Advanced > Admin Access, I did
- Enable Secure Shell
- Set SSHd Key Only from Password or Public Key to Public Key Only
- Change SSH port from empty to 12345
- Press the Save button
At the page top I see a notification box saying:
The changes have been applied successfully.
One moment...redirecting to https://xx.xx.xx.xx:xxxx/system_advanced_admin.php in 20 seconds.The settings I just changed look fine at this point. Then 20 seconds later the page reloads and I get
- SSH is enabled
- SSHd Key Only is reverted to Password or Public Key
- SSH port is now 1
I can ssh using port 22 now and in
/conf/config.xmlI see the wrong port number:<ssh>1</ssh> <sshd>e</sshd>I'm not sure what
<sshd>e</sshd>means though. If I empty the port field and press the Save button again, I get the same wrong port, 1.This seems like a bug in the configurator to me. Has anyone seen the same behavior or is there a workaround?
I'm using
- XG-7100 Desktop
- coreboot ADI_PLCC-01.00.00.10
- pfSense 2.4.4-RELEASE
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I can't seem to reproduce that here, but I have seen similar issues on other pages that depend on how the original config looked.
When you look at config.xml backups from before that change, did the
<ssh></ssh>or<sshd></sshd>tags already exist, but empty?I have a fix that should work but I'd like to replicate it first.
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I was able to replicate it with an empty tag as I suspected. I opened https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/8974 for it and I'll have a fix in shortly.
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Thank you, @jimp!
Is the 2.4.5 release coming soon? Or is there a workaround for this issue for the time being?
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The fix will be in 2.4.4-p1 which will be coming before too long. You can apply the commits listed on the ticket linked above using the System Patches package.
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Thank you for the info.
I just applied the patches using the System Patches package and the configurator seems to work fine.
