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      Limrick08
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      Hello. First off apologies if I'm not posting this in the right location. I am noticing two suspicious logins in my system log:
      Feb 3 16:02:21 login 80816 login on ttyv0 as root
      Feb 3 16:02:21 login 81922 login on ttyu0 as root

      They are suspicious to me because I have never logged in to my pfsense box via tty (I only use the web interface), and there is serial cable connected to it. there is a wifi router connected to it, if that is any helpful context. Any insight would be much appreciated.

      Thanks in advance.

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        johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @Limrick08
        last edited by johnpoz

        @Limrick08 said in Suspicious root tty logins:

        login on ttyv0 as root

        https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/troubleshooting/logs-console-root-login.html

        This is normal. It means that the console menu stopped and restarted

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          Limrick08 @johnpoz
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          @johnpoz Thanks so much, and sorry for the stupid question.

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            johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @Limrick08
            last edited by johnpoz

            @Limrick08 not stupid by any means.

            Seeing root logins would peak my interest as well to understand what they are ;)

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