Any Change And Save Update Captive Portal Bug

free4

Could you post here anonymized captive portal logs?

streetsfinest

Sure, there are some nginx issues on the system log page:

Dec 12 00:01:48 firewall01 nginx: 2018/12/12 00:01:48 [error] 97989#100444: *91840 limiting connections by zone "addr", client: 172.16.4.21, server: , request: "GET /generate_204 HTTP/1.1", host: "connectivitycheck.android.com"

Here are the captive portal logs:

Dec 12 11:33:54 check_reload_status Synching vouchers
Dec 12 11:33:54 logportalauth 83793 Zone: company_guest - Voucher login good for 486714 min.: fHwDGUrqxXr, ac:5f:3e:e0:7f:34, 172.16.4.23
Dec 12 11:33:54 logportalauth 83793 Zone: company_guest - CONCURRENT LOGIN - TERMINATING OLD SESSION: fHwDGUrqxXr, ac:5f:3e:e0:7f:34, 172.16.4.20
Dec 11 23:12:09 logportalauth 16935 Zone: company_guest - FAILURE: , dc:74:a8:4e:8d:b2, 172.16.4.17, Invalid credentials specified.
Dec 11 23:12:08 logportalauth 16935 Zone: company_guest - FAILURE: , dc:74:a8:4e:8d:b2, 172.16.4.17, Invalid credentials specified.
Dec 11 11:52:27 logportalauth 21468 Zone: company_guest - Voucher login good for 486999 min.: de2SdfsZB2p, fc:db:b3:d1:99:3b, 172.16.4.16
Dec 11 11:52:27 logportalauth 21468 Zone: company_guest - CONCURRENT LOGIN - TERMINATING OLD SESSION: de2SdfsZB2p, fc:db:b3:d1:99:3b, 172.16.4.10
Dec 11 10:58:22 logportalauth 61598 Zone: company_guest - Voucher login good for 489477 min.: bEYtpEZBvtX, 8c:f5:a3:1c:ab:7c, 172.16.4.18
Dec 11 10:58:22 logportalauth 61598 Zone: company_guest - CONCURRENT LOGIN - TERMINATING OLD SESSION: bEYtpEZBvtX, 8c:f5:a3:1c:ab:7c, 172.16.4.26
Dec 8 09:44:36 logportalauth 765 Zone: company_guest - Voucher login good for 491446 min.: de2SdfsZB2p, fc:db:b3:d1:99:3b, 172.16.4.10
Dec 8 09:44:36 logportalauth 765 Zone: company_guest - CONCURRENT LOGIN - TERMINATING OLD SESSION: de2SdfsZB2p, fc:db:b3:d1:99:3b, 172.16.4.23
Dec 8 00:30:20 logportalauth 764 Zone: company_guest - FAILURE: , dc:74:a8:4e:8d:b2, 172.16.4.12, Invalid credentials specified.
Dec 8 00:30:18 logportalauth 765 Zone: company_guest - FAILURE: , dc:74:a8:4e:8d:b2, 172.16.4.12, Invalid credentials specified.
Dec 6 23:04:31 logportalauth 765 Zone: company_guest - FAILURE: , b4:f7:a12c:4b, 172.16.4.27, Invalid credentials specified.
Dec 6 23:04:31 logportalauth 764 Zone: company_guest - FAILURE: , b4:f7:a12c:4b, 172.16.4.27, Invalid credentials specified.
Dec 6 19:23:00 logportalauth 764 Zone: company_guest - FAILURE: 0000, 60:1d:91:d7:1b:3c, 172.16.4.21
Dec 6 19:23:00 logportalauth 764 Zone: company_guest - 0000 invalid: Too short!
Dec 6 19:22:42 logportalauth 765 Zone: company_guest - FAILURE: 1234, 60:1d:91:d7:1b:3c, 172.16.4.21
Dec 6 19:22:42 logportalauth 765 Zone: company_guest - 1234 invalid: Too short!
Dec 6 19:21:54 logportalauth 764 Zone: company_guest - FAILURE: , 60:1d:91:d7:1b:3c, 172.16.4.21, Invalid credentials specified.
Dec 6 08:03:56 logportalauth 764 Zone: company_guest - FAILURE: , 00:ae:fa:52:83:f8, 172.16.4.12, Invalid credentials specified.
Dec 6 08:03:55 logportalauth 765 Zone: company_guest - FAILURE: , 00:ae:fa:52:83:f8, 172.16.4.12, Invalid credentials specified.
Dec 6 07:35:38 logportalauth 764 Zone: company_guest - Voucher login good for 496880 min.: bEYtpEZBvtX, 8c:f5:a3:1c:ab:7c, 172.16.4.26
Dec 5 15:26:13 logportalauth 764 Zone: company_guest - FAILURE: , 4c:4e:03:9d:f6:b9, 172.16.4.29, Invalid credentials specified.
Dec 5 14:55:09 php-fpm 764 /rc.openvpn: Gateway, none 'available' for inet6, use the first one configured. ''
Dec 5 14:54:33 php-fpm 765 /rc.openvpn: Gateway, none 'available' for inet6, use the first one configured. ''
Dec 5 08:21:38 logportalauth 765 Zone: company_guest - Voucher login good for 503958 min.: MZPM3AetRDm, 08:c5:e1:9c:dd:61, 172.16.4.15
Dec 5 08:21:38 logportalauth 765 Zone: company_guest - CONCURRENT LOGIN - TERMINATING OLD SESSION: MZPM3AetRDm, 08:c5:e1:9c:dd:61, 172.16.4.17
Dec 5 08:18:03 logportalauth 765 Zone: company_guest - Voucher login good for 496990 min.: fHwDGUrqxXr, ac:5f:3e:e0:7f:34, 172.16.4.20
Dec 5 08:18:03 logportalauth 765 Zone: company_guest - CONCURRENT LOGIN - TERMINATING OLD SESSION: fHwDGUrqxXr, ac:5f:3e:e0:7f:34, 172.16.4.15
Dec 4 11:22:42 logportalauth 765 Zone: company_guest - Voucher login good for 497108 min.: de2SdfsZB2p, fc:db:b3:d1:99:3b, 172.16.4.23
Dec 4 10:21:23 logportalauth 765 Zone: company_guest - FAILURE: , 04:1b:6d:a0:45:b6, 172.16.4.12, Invalid credentials specified.
Dec 4 08:22:51 logportalauth 765 Zone: company_guest - Voucher login good for 498443 min.: ePJmntaUt2X, e4:e4:ab:2f:07:60, 172.16.4.14
Dec 4 07:37:51 logportalauth 765 Zone: company_guest - Voucher login good for 497330 min.: tmujXFpT8sZ, c4:61:8b:24:51:65, 172.16.4.19
Dec 4 07:08:53 logportalauth 764 Zone: company_guest - Voucher login good for 498499 min.: fHwDGUrqxXr, ac:5f:3e:e0:7f:34, 172.16.4.15
Dec 4 07:08:43 logportalauth 765 Zone: company_guest - Voucher login good for 505471 min.: MZPM3AetRDm, 08:c5:e1:9c:dd:61, 172.16.4.17
Dec 4 07:07:07 logportalauth 764 Zone: company_guest - DISCONNECT: k8BZr7A7sEV, 8c:8e:f2:07:7d:fb, 172.16.4.20
Dec 4 07:07:07 logportalauth 764 Zone: company_guest - DISCONNECT: GU6GLUFjwNM, 8c:8e:f2:aa:db:c3, 172.16.4.21
Dec 4 07:07:07 logportalauth 764 Zone: company_guest - DISCONNECT: fHwDGUrqxXr, ac:5f:3e:e0:7f:34, 172.16.4.15
Dec 4 07:07:07 logportalauth 764 Zone: company_guest - DISCONNECT: KennQBNcSqb3, b8:76:3f:fc:b2:03, 172.16.4.25
Dec 4 07:07:07 logportalauth 764 Zone: company_guest - DISCONNECT: MZPM3AetRDm, 08:c5:e1:9c:dd:61, 172.16.4.22
Dec 4 07:07:07 logportalauth 764 Zone: company_guest - DISCONNECT: tmujXFpT8sZ, c4:61:8b:24:51:65, 172.16.4.19
Dec 4 04:41:31 php-fpm 69146 /rc.start_packages: Restarting/Starting all packages.
Dec 4 04:33:02 php-fpm 50501 /index.php: Session timed out for user 'admin' from: 10.10.11.45 (Local Database)
Dec 4 02:48:30 logportalauth 50501 Zone: company_guest - FAILURE: , b0:c1:9e:c2:9b:d0, 172.16.4.13, Invalid credentials specified.
Dec 4 02:48:28 logportalauth 50501 Zone: company_guest - FAILURE: , b0:c1:9e:c2:9b:d0, 172.16.4.13, Invalid credentials specified.
Dec 3 21:55:16 logportalauth 50501 Zone: company_guest - FAILURE: , 60:1d:91:d7:1b:3c, 172.16.4.11, Invalid credentials specified.
Dec 3 21:52:46 logportalauth 50501 Zone: company_guest - FAILURE: , 60:1d:91:d7:1b:3c, 172.16.4.11, Invalid credentials specified.
Dec 3 20:38:54 php-fpm 69146 /rc.openvpn: Gateway, none 'available' for inet6, use the first one configured. ''
Dec 3 20:35:18 php-fpm 43420 /rc.openvpn: Gateway, none 'available' for inet6, use the first one configured. ''
Dec 3 16:18:51 logportalauth 43420 Zone: company_guest - Voucher login good for 499344 min.: k8BZr7A7sEV, 8c:8e:f2:07:7d:fb, 172.16.4.20
Dec 3 15:46:28 logportalauth 69146 Zone: company_guest - Voucher login good for 515100 min.: GU6GLUFjwNM, 8c:8e:f2:aa:db:c3, 172.16.4.21
Dec 3 13:34:49 logportalauth 5945 Zone: company_guest - Voucher login good for 499553 min.: fHwDGUrqxXr, ac:5f:3e:e0:7f:34, 172.16.4.15
Dec 3 13:21:08 logportalauth 5945 Zone: company_guest - Voucher login good for 525317 min.: KennQBNcSqb3, b8:76:3f:fc:b2:03, 172.16.4.25
Dec 3 12:43:45 logportalauth 87218 Zone: company_guest - Voucher login good for 506576 min.: MZPM3AetRDm, 08:c5:e1:9c:dd:61, 172.16.4.22
Dec 3 12:35:29 logportalauth 87218 Zone: company_guest - Voucher login good for 498472 min.: tmujXFpT8sZ, c4:61:8b:24:51:65, 172.16.4.19
Dec 3 12:31:40 logportalauth 5945 Zone: company_guest - DISCONNECT: KennQBNcSqb3, b8:76:3f:fc:b2:03, 172.16.4.25
Dec 3 12:31:40 logportalauth 5945 Zone: company_guest - DISCONNECT: MZPM3AetRDm, 08:c5:e1:9c:dd:61, 172.16.4.22
Dec 3 12:31:40 logportalauth 5945 Zone: company_guest - DISCONNECT: fHwDGUrqxXr, ac:5f:3e:e0:7f:34, 172.16.4.15
Dec 3 12:31:40 logportalauth 5945 Zone: company_guest - DISCONNECT: GU6GLUFjwNM, 8c:8e:f2:aa:db:c3, 172.16.4.21
Dec 3 12:31:40 logportalauth 5945 Zone: company_guest - DISCONNECT: tmujXFpT8sZ, c4:61:8b:24:51:65, 172.16.4.19
Dec 3 11:08:24 php-fpm 5945 /index.php: Submission to captiveportal with unknown parameter zone: prod.nowplaying
Dec 3 11:08:14 php-fpm 69146 /index.php: Submission to captiveportal with unknown parameter zone: prod.nowplaying
Dec 3 11:07:01 logportalauth 69146 Zone: company_guest - FAILURE: company, 10:f1:f2:46:33:8b, 172.16.4.12
Dec 3 11:07:01 logportalauth 69146 Zone: company_guest - company invalid: TYPO illegal character (l) found in company !!
Dec 3 08:39:07 logportalauth 69146 Zone: company_guest - Voucher login good for 525600 min.: KennQBNcSqb3, b8:76:3f:fc:b2:03, 172.16.4.25
Dec 3 08:37:32 logportalauth 5945 Zone: company_guest - Voucher login good for 506822 min.: MZPM3AetRDm, 08:c5:e1:9c:dd:61, 172.16.4.22
Dec 3 08:36:26 logportalauth 69146 Zone: company_guest - Voucher login good for 499852 min.: fHwDGUrqxXr, ac:5f:3e:e0:7f:34, 172.16.4.15
Dec 3 08:36:21 logportalauth 5945 Zone: company_guest - Voucher login good for 515530 min.: GU6GLUFjwNM, 8c:8e:f2:aa:db:c3, 172.16.4.21
Dec 3 08:36:19 logportalauth 69146 Zone: company_guest - Voucher login good for 498712 min.: tmujXFpT8sZ, c4:61:8b:24:51:65, 172.16.4.19
Dec 3 08:28:23 logportalauth 69146 Zone: company_guest - Reconfiguring captive portal(Company_Guest).

Gertjan

After one or t wo days or so, the employees getting the message below named "You are connected" and can not connect anymore:

When this happens :

Are the users present in the Captive Portal status list of that zone ?
Are the IP's of these user present in the two ipfw tables ?

free4

@streetsfinest said in Any Change And Save Update Captive Portal Bug:

Sure, there are some nginx issues on the system log page:

Thanks ! When did the failure happened? I guess it was about today on the afternoon, right?

If yes, then i guess i got the idea of what happened

streetsfinest

The failure happened today and actually every single day in the past. Whats your idea?

free4

@streetsfinest said in Any Change And Save Update Captive Portal Bug:

The failure happened today and actually every single day in the past. Whats your idea?

I was thinking that the problem could come from check_reload_status
But i was apparently wrong

Gertjan

@streetsfinest : any news on my questions ?

streetsfinest

@gertjan

Sorry for the delay!
These are the users who are currently marked as active in the webconfig:

172.16.2.19 c4:61:8b:24:51:65 tmujXFpT8sZ 12/04/2018 07:37:51
172.16.2.14 e4:e4:ab:2f:07:60 ePJmntaUt2X 12/04/2018 08:22:51
172.16.2.15 08:c5:e1:9c:dd:61 MZPM3AetRDm 12/05/2018 08:21:38
172.16.2.18 8c:f5:a3:1c:ab:7c bEYtpEZBvtX 12/11/2018 10:58:22
172.16.2.16 fc:db:b3:d1:99:3b de2SdfsZB2p 12/11/2018 11:52:27
172.16.2.23 ac:5f:3e:e0:7f:34 fHwDGUrqxXr 12/12/2018 11:33:54

These are the entries on the shell:

[2.4.4-RELEASE][root@firewall01]/root: ipfw table all list
--- table(cp_ifaces), set(0) ---
em0.24 2100 6431485 3910816564 1544694662
--- table(company_guest_auth_up), set(0) ---
172.16.2.14/32 e4:e4:ab:2f:07:60 2006 82251 12132714 1544029688
172.16.2.15/32 08:c5:e1:9c:dd:61 2000 456811 105345127 1544204452
172.16.2.16/32 fc:db:b3:d1:99:3b 2008 110792 15084931 1544650234
172.16.2.18/32 8c:f5:a3:1c:ab:7c 2010 158374 17991642 1544565826
172.16.2.19/32 c4:61:8b:24:51:65 2004 266827 103579459 1544130687
172.16.2.23/32 ac:5f:3e:e0:7f:34 2002 56379 4834459 1544649475
--- table(company_guest_host_ips), set(0) ---
172.16.2.2/32 0 369100 92909044 1544694660
--- table(company_guest_pipe_mac), set(0) ---
--- table(company_guest_auth_down), set(0) ---
172.16.2.14/32 2007 118970 110192748 1544678486
172.16.2.15/32 2001 702015 859258240 1544639803
172.16.2.16/32 2009 168581 191962139 1544651420
172.16.2.18/32 2011 252903 328096547 1544629175
172.16.2.19/32 2005 265407 238158210 1544666548
172.16.2.23/32 2003 92898 127969742 1544650439
--- table(company_guest_allowed_up), set(0) ---
--- table(company_guest_allowed_down), set(0) ---

[2.4.4-RELEASE][root@firewall01]/root: ipfw table company_guest_auth_up list
--- table(company_guest_auth_up), set(0) ---
172.16.2.14/32 e4:e4:ab:2f:07:60 2006 82251 12132714 1544029688
172.16.2.15/32 08:c5:e1:9c:dd:61 2000 456811 105345127 1544204452
172.16.2.16/32 fc:db:b3:d1:99:3b 2008 110792 15084931 1544650234
172.16.2.18/32 8c:f5:a3:1c:ab:7c 2010 158374 17991642 1544565826
172.16.2.19/32 c4:61:8b:24:51:65 2004 266827 103579459 1544130687
172.16.2.23/32 ac:5f:3e:e0:7f:34 2002 56379 4834459 1544649475
[2.4.4-RELEASE][root@firewall01]/root: ipfw table company_guest_auth_down list
--- table(company_guest_auth_down), set(0) ---
172.16.2.14/32 2007 118970 110192748 1544678486
172.16.2.15/32 2001 702015 859258240 1544639803
172.16.2.16/32 2009 168581 191962139 1544651420
172.16.2.18/32 2011 252903 328096547 1544629175
172.16.2.19/32 2005 265407 238158210 1544666548
172.16.2.23/32 2003 92898 127969742 1544650439

streetsfinest

@free4

Thank you for trying to help me!

Gertjan

What the webconfig shows, is nothing more as the content of a local database with connected users :
They are :
172.16.2.14
172.16.2.15
172.16.2.16
172.16.2.18
172.16.2.19
172.16.2.23

Both tables company_guest_auth_up and table company_guest_auth_down should also contain these same IP's. And they do.

There is another firewall, pf, which is fed with the GUI firewall rules for your portal interface.

Check out
ipfw list :

01000 skipto tablearg ip from any to any via table(cp_ifaces)
01100 allow ip from any to any

02100 pipe tablearg ip from any to any MAC table(cpzone1_pipe_mac)
02101 allow pfsync from any to any
02102 allow carp from any to any
02103 allow ip from any to any layer2 mac-type 0x0806,0x8035
02104 allow ip from any to any layer2 mac-type 0x888e,0x88c7
02105 allow ip from any to any layer2 mac-type 0x8863,0x8864
02106 deny ip from any to any layer2 not mac-type 0x0800,0x86dd

02107 allow ip from any to table(cpzone1_host_ips) in
02108 allow ip from table(cpzone1_host_ips) to any out

02109 allow ip from any to 255.255.255.255 in
02110 allow ip from 255.255.255.255 to any out

02111 pipe tablearg ip from table(cpzone1_allowed_up) to any in
02112 pipe tablearg ip from any to table(cpzone1_allowed_down) in
02113 pipe tablearg ip from table(cpzone1_allowed_up) to any out
02114 pipe tablearg ip from any to table(cpzone1_allowed_down) out

02115 pipe tablearg ip from table(cpzone1_auth_up) to any layer2 in
02116 pipe tablearg ip from any to table(cpzone1_auth_down) layer2 out

02117 fwd 127.0.0.1,8003 tcp from any to any 443 in
02118 fwd 127.0.0.1,8002 tcp from any to any 80 in

02119 allow tcp from any to any out
02120 skipto 65534 ip from any to any

65534 deny ip from any to any
65535 allow ip from any to any

All these lines are actually easy to read :
Line 02118 (and 02117) will get hit if the the network connected user has no IP/MAC into one (or two) of the tables 02111 -> 02116.

The login code places the IP/MAC into the tables company_guest_auth_down and company_guest_auth_up.

As long as these IP/MAC's are there, clients are not redirected to the captive portal by these firewall rules 02117/02118, except if they use the URL of the portal, something like
https://your.portal.net:800x?zone=company_guest

Check your logged in database and ipfw ones more, do an edit on the captive portal config page, and check both again.
You see what happens : tables company_guest_auth_down and company_guest_auth_up will be empty : people get redirected to the login portal (and can't login, because the database (== GUI Status => Captive Portal) considers them as logged in again.

So, the get back to your issue : if both ipfw tables tables company_guest_auth_down and company_guest_auth_up contain teh IP/MAC of visitors, these visitors are not redirected to the login page. At least, not on behalf of pfSense.

Your issue is not related to the "config save => connected visitors logged out and can't re login" bug.

Show you "html login page" please.

streetsfinest

@gertjan

There should not be another firewall in the network.

This is the current html login page:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>

<head>

  <meta charset="UTF-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
  <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />
  <title>Company Guest WLAN</title>
  <style>
	  #content,.login,.login-card a,.login-card h1,.login-help{text-align:center}body,html{margin:0;padding:0;width:100%;height:100%;display:table}#content{font-family:'Source Sans Pro',sans-serif;background-color:#1C1275;background:linear-gradient(135deg, #1475CF, #2B40B5, #1C1275);-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;display:table-cell;vertical-align:middle}.login-card{padding:40px;width:280px;background-color:#F7F7F7;margin:100px auto 10px;border-radius:2px;box-shadow:0 2px 2px rgba(0,0,0,.3);overflow:hidden}.login-card h1{font-weight:400;font-size:2.3em;color:#1383c6}.login-card h1 span{color:#f26721}.login-card img{width:70%;height:70%}.login-card input[type=submit]{width:100%;display:block;margin-bottom:10px;position:relative}.login-card input[type=text],input[type=password]{height:44px;font-size:16px;width:100%;margin-bottom:10px;-webkit-appearance:none;background:#fff;border:1px solid #d9d9d9;border-top:1px solid silver;padding:0 8px;box-sizing:border-box;-moz-box-sizing:border-box}.login-card input[type=text]:hover,input[type=password]:hover{border:1px solid #b9b9b9;border-top:1px solid #a0a0a0;-moz-box-shadow:inset 0 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,.1);-webkit-box-shadow:inset 0 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,.1);box-shadow:inset 0 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,.1)}.login{font-size:14px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:700;height:36px;padding:0 8px}.login-submit{-webkit-appearance:none;-moz-appearance:none;appearance:none;border:0;color:#fff;text-shadow:0 1px rgba(0,0,0,.1);background-color:#4d90fe}.login-submit:disabled{opacity:.6}.login-submit:hover{border:0;text-shadow:0 1px rgba(0,0,0,.3);background-color:#357ae8}.login-card a{text-decoration:none;color:#222;font-weight:400;display:inline-block;opacity:.6;transition:opacity ease .5s}.login-card a:hover{opacity:1}.login-help{width:100%;font-size:12px}.list{list-style-type:none;padding:0}.list__item{margin:0 0 .7rem;padding:0}label{display:-webkit-box;display:-webkit-flex;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;-webkit-box-align:center;-webkit-align-items:center;-ms-flex-align:center;align-items:center;text-align:left;font-size:14px;}input[type=checkbox]{-webkit-box-flex:0;-webkit-flex:none;-ms-flex:none;flex:none;margin-right:10px;float:left}@media screen and (max-width:450px){.login-card{width:70%!important}.login-card img{width:30%;height:30%}}textarea{width:66%;margin:auto;height:120px;max-height:120px;background-color:#f7f7f7;padding:20px}#terms{display:none;padding-top:100px;padding-bottom:300px;}.auth_source{border: 1px solid lightgray; padding:20px 8px 0px 8px; margin-top: -2em; border-radius: 2px; }.auth_head{background-color:#f7f7f7;display:inline-block;}.auth_head_div{text-align:left;}#error-message{text-align:left;color:#ff3e3e;font-style:italic;}
  </style>
</head>

<body>
<div id="content">
	<div class="login-card">
		<img src="captiveportal-logo.png"/><br>
 		<h1></h1>
		<div id="error-message">
			#PORTAL_MESSAGE#
		</div>
	  <form name="login_form" method="post" action="#PORTAL_ACTION#">
				<input name="auth_voucher" type="text" placeholder="Voucher Code">		  <div class="login-help">
			<ul class="list">
				<li class="list__item">
				  <label class="label--checkbox">
					<input type="checkbox" class="checkbox" onchange="document.getElementById('login').disabled = !this.checked;">
					<span>I agree with the <a  rel="noopener" href="#terms" onclick="document.getElementById('terms').style.display = 'block';">terms & conditions</a></span>
				  </label>
				</li>
			</ul>
		  </div>
		<input name="redirurl" type="hidden" value="#PORTAL_REDIRURL#">
		<input type="submit" name="accept" class="login login-submit" value="Login" id="login" disabled>
	  </form>
	  </div>
	<div id="terms">
		<textarea readonly>TERMS</textarea>
	</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>

These are the current captive portal settings:

Gertjan

According to your settings you use the default, build in login page.

Check : "Use custom captive portal page" and compare the code html shown with your html .
The extremely important line :

<input name="zone" type="hidden" value="$PORTAL_ZONE$" />

is missing in your html ....

streetsfinest

Ah i got it!
I changed the settings like you write to me now:

The new login page has the missing line now:

<body>
<div id="content">
	<div class="login-card">
		<img src="captiveportal-logo.png"/><br>
 		<h1></h1>
		<div id="error-message">
			#PORTAL_MESSAGE#
		</div>
	  <form name="login_form" method="post" action="#PORTAL_ACTION#">
				<input name="auth_voucher" type="text" placeholder="Voucher Code">		  <div class="login-help">
			<ul class="list">
				<li class="list__item">
				  <label class="label--checkbox">
					<input type="checkbox" class="checkbox" onchange="document.getElementById('login').disabled = !this.checked;">
					<span>I agree with the <a  rel="noopener" href="#terms" onclick="document.getElementById('terms').style.display = 'block';">terms & conditions</a></span>
				  </label>
				</li>
			</ul>
		  </div>
		<input name="redirurl" type="hidden" value="#PORTAL_REDIRURL#">
		<input type="submit" name="accept" class="login login-submit" value="Login" id="login" disabled>
		**<input name="zone" type="hidden" value="#PORTAL_ZONE#" />**
	  </form>
	  </div>
	<div id="terms">

I have disconnected all users and will test the new configuration!
Thank you very much! I will give you all a feedback if it works now.

streetsfinest

Wish you all a happy new year!
I would like to give you a short feedback:

After adding the code:

<input name="zone" type="hidden" value="$PORTAL_ZONE$" />

in the custom login page it seems to work!
Thank you very much for your help.

I have another question!
All of the employees use the vouchers for connecting to the guest wifi with private devices, but they have to type in the voucher every single day. This is very annoying for them. Is there any possibility to "save" the vouchers entries in the captive portal so that they do not need to type it in every single day?

Gertjan

@streetsfinest said in Any Change And Save Update Captive Portal Bug:

but they have to type in the voucher every single day

Check your idle and hard time out values.

Visitors are thrown of the portal after "idle" time - and "hard" time.
They can reconnect, of course, if the credentials are valid.

free4

@streetsfinest said in Any Change And Save Update Captive Portal Bug:

Wish you all a happy new year!
I would like to give you a short feedback:

After adding the code:
<input name="zone" type="hidden" value="$PORTAL_ZONE$" />
in the custom login page it seems to work!
Thank you very much for your help.

That's actually super strange

I checked everywhere in the code, there is no references to $_POST['zone'].
This hidden input should have absolutely no effect on pfSense's Captive Portal in 2.4.X

This hidden input was used long time ago, but it's now an outdated string. Or at least it's supposed to be....
Maybe you spotted a new bug?

Gertjan

@free4 said in Any Change And Save Update Captive Portal Bug:

This hidden input was used long time ago,

@free4 : He, ho -> time out ^^ : check out the very first line of the index.php file.
If the "zone" isn't defined, everything stops right away.
It's the mandatory parameter that makes it possible to support multiple captive portals on pfSense.

free4

@gertjan said in Any Change And Save Update Captive Portal Bug:

@free4 said in Any Change And Save Update Captive Portal Bug:

This hidden input was used long time ago,

@free4 : He, ho -> time out ^^ : check out the very first line of the index.php file.
If the "zone" isn't defined, everything stops right away.
It's the mandatory parameter that makes it ppfSenseossible to support multiple captive portals on .

I know, but it's a $_REQUEST (so it can contain both GET and POST data)

The problem is, that the first browser request to display the captive portal login form is a GET one, so if cpzone=.... was missing in the URL, the login form woudn't even display. So i am sure that a GET parameter cpzone exists all the time during login process (if it didn't a blank page would be displayed instead, and an error message would appear clearly in the logs)

anyway, doesn't really matter. Case closed, i guess.

streetsfinest

@gertjan thanks for your answer!

In my opinion, if there is no value in the hard and idle timeout, it means that the users will not be disconnected. Is that right? I mean, what is the default time for those two options, if i leave it blank? I have not set those two options for now:

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Should i set those options?

free4

@streetsfinest check the validity time of your vouchers. You probably set up 1 day, so after 1 day all your users are disconnected. You can create vouchers with a much, much bigger validity time

If you need multiple validity times (1 day for guests and 30 for employees for instance), well you could create multiple rolls