Popups when loggin in to pfsense
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I just logged in to my pfsense router and it just showed me a popup regarding copyright then another asking to take a survey. Where did those popups come from ?! I haven't installed a version in a while and I've never seen those popup before. How do they do that? Does pfsense phone home occasionally?
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@blankman There was a thread a couple of weeks ago. Basically, yes it shows at the first install and when there are updates to the text, and they change the copyright year each year. It's not that new, maybe a few years give or take?
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@steveits Thanks. Been running it for years, can't say I saw that before...
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@blankman They happen...
- when you update the OS/Firmware
- when you factory reset the system
- possibly also when you restore from a backup
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@rcoleman-netgate I did not do any of those.
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@blankman it will also do it on the first login of the calendar year I believe.
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@rcoleman-netgate THAT! explains it! Thank you!
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@rcoleman-netgate said in Popups when loggin in to pfsense:
@blankman it will also do it on the first login of the calendar year I believe.
Not quite, but close.
It will display the popup if any part of the text changes. We change the copyright year in the text around the first of the year, so the first time someone logs in after that copyright year gets bumped, they'll see the popup again.
