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    Changes to root password using passwd don't persist

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      yaxattax
      last edited by

      Hi all,

      Is there a way to persistently change the root users password? Changes to the root users password using passwd from the command line do not persist past reboots.

      Kind regards,

      Yax

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        Metu69salemi
        last edited by

        Via webgui

        Go to: System: User manager and after that press e next to that user you want to change password

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          dhatz
          last edited by

          Many of the config files of FreeBSD and various daemons (dhcpd etc) are dynamically re-created by pfsense on bootup, using on the settings stored in your pfSense config.xml file (located in /cf/conf).

          The advantage of this approach is that you only need to copy/backup a single config file, and not a dozen different ones as you'd do a typical BSD/Linux server.

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            yaxattax
            last edited by

            Cheers guys. I did not realise that "admin" corresponded to "root" user. Cheers also for the tip that config.xml is the single settings file.

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