Incorrect Username or Password
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Good day everyone.
I'm new to pfSense. Today, i tried to change the admin password through the WebGUI User Management. I'm pretty confident that my password is correct however after I tried to re-login, it says that the username or password is incorrect. Tried to restart my pfsense but still I couldn't login.
The only way I can access my pfsense console is through putty. PuTTY can't access the console because I haven't checked the "Enable Secure Shell" on the WebGUI. Any other ways i can do to fix this problem?
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. -
use 'reset webconfigurator password' option
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Thank you. But the current setup of pfSense doesn't support display. It can only be accessed through PuTTY from another computer. The problem is that I can't connect through PuTTY (Server unexpectedly closed the network connection) because maybe I haven't checked the "Enable SSH" in the WebGUI which I can't login.
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@calwinalegre said in Incorrect Username or Password:
ried to restart my pfsense but still I couldn't login.
Because your PW was wrong or because you couldn't login? If you enter your password wrong you'll get blacklisted for 15min(?) so SSH wouldn't work, too.
Did you install headless/serial console or with VGA out? Why not connect directly to console (either serial or local usb keyboard etc.)?
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Mmm, if you cannot login to the GUI and haven't enabled SSH your choices are limited.
I assume you don't have any other admin users?
You are going to need physical access of some sort.
https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/usermanager/locked-out-of-the-webgui.html
Steve
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@stephenw10 my pfsense is currently installed on a computer. Is it possible to access it through serial port by using usb-to-serial adapter? There is no built-in port on that computer.
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SOLVED. I have accessed through PuTTY and have reset the web configurator password. Thank you so much.
