<![CDATA[user removed from wheel group after reboot]]>Hi all,

pfSense 2.4.4, FreeBSD 11.2

I've added a few users (with full admin access) in web GUI.

Now trying to grant them shell root access as below:

pw groupmod wheel -m myuser

or

pw usermod myuser -G wheel

in both cases I can see myuser appended to wheel group in /etc/group but after OS reboot it disappears.

How do I make it permanent?

Thanks,
Adam

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/topic/138152/user-removed-from-wheel-group-after-rebootRSS for NodeMon, 07 Sep 2026 13:11:35 GMTWed, 28 Nov 2018 12:57:53 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to user removed from wheel group after reboot on Wed, 28 Nov 2018 15:09:07 GMT]]>See this recent thread for additional detail.

https://forum.netgate.com/topic/137939/bypass-su-sorry-on-pfsense

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/807604https://forum.netgate.com/post/807604Wed, 28 Nov 2018 15:09:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to user removed from wheel group after reboot on Wed, 28 Nov 2018 15:08:22 GMT]]>Use the sudo package. Do not manually modify accounts in the shell. pfSense isn't engineered to allow what you are attempting to stay long-term.

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/807603https://forum.netgate.com/post/807603Wed, 28 Nov 2018 15:08:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to user removed from wheel group after reboot on Wed, 28 Nov 2018 13:43:46 GMT]]>So also assign the the appropriate privileges to them:
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sudo is not delivered with pfSense. You may install the subo package if you need it.

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/807577https://forum.netgate.com/post/807577Wed, 28 Nov 2018 13:43:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to user removed from wheel group after reboot on Wed, 28 Nov 2018 13:35:42 GMT]]>They are already members of admins group and I can see it in /etc/group

But how do I elevate privileges in shell:

su -
Sorry: su

sudo su -
sudo: Command not found.

?

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/807576https://forum.netgate.com/post/807576Wed, 28 Nov 2018 13:35:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to user removed from wheel group after reboot on Wed, 28 Nov 2018 13:14:07 GMT]]>Use the User manager of the web configurator and add them to the admins group:

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]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/807572https://forum.netgate.com/post/807572Wed, 28 Nov 2018 13:14:07 GMT