manage pfsense with SSH

koko_adams

Hi

Can i use SSH in pfsense to :

enable/disable user
change password user

I have a pfsense firewall in another site, but i lose my credentials

Thank YOU

KOM

This might help:

https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/usermanager/locked-out-of-the-webgui.html

koko_adams

i have disable user admin

any way to show the enabled / disabled user and to enable them ?

KOM

It looks like pfSense uses the FreeBSD user access control instead of something custom, so you could try:

pw unlock admin

and see if that works.

kiokoman

that will not reset the gui settings
there is

/etc/rc.initial.password

The webConfigurator admin password and privileges will be reset to the default

that correspond to option 3 of the menu

3) Reset webConfigurator password

koko_adams

thank you for all reply
just one last question :
can i make user admin in pfsense via ssh ? if yes , how i can do this ?

kiokoman

user admin in the gui is user root for ssh, it's the same account
if you want to add a new user with ssh access you can do it from the gui
System / User Manager
add a new user, the privilege would be -> User - System: Shell account access