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      netn00b
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      Hello,

      Today I ran into a very strange issue with my pfsense box. I had recently upgraded to version 2.2 and everything has been working normally without any apparent issues for several days. Today I decided to reboot my box (which I had already done a few times during and after the upgrade, without any issues) and when it finally booted up… no connectivity. I reboot it again, nothing. I get around to trying to access the console menu and I discover that for some strange reason my admin credentials no longer work (invalid login error message). I boot into single user mode and run the password reset procedure, nothing. It does not accept the default credentials nor does it accept those I configured when I initially set it up months ago. No devices connected to the router will obtain an IP.

      At this point I'm beginning to see that I will have to rebuild the damn thing. If anyone has run into a similar issue and/or is able to provide me with some insight on this matter, I would greatly appreciate it.

      Thank you.

      Edit:
      To add on to what I said above, I noticed something else when rebooting pfsense. I get an error similar to the following, multiple times, while booting up:

      Warning: chown(): Unable to find uid for nobody in /etc/inc/rrd.inc on line 935

      I didn't see it initially because the screen scrolls pretty quickly on startup.

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        netn00b
        last edited by

        Additional info:

        The router now started rebooting on its own, every 5-10 minutes.

        Any takers??

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          doktornotor Banned
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          Do a fresh install and restore the config backup.

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