Console Lock Feature Request

NOYB

How about a console lock option that requires one of the pfSense user credentials to unlock?

Default state after boot: Locked

cmb

already exists and has for quite some time, System>Advanced.

NOYB

Cool, thanks, didn't notice that before. :-[

This spawns two more questions for me though.

How about clearing the screen upon locking console so that any potentially sensitive info is not visible.
Loosly related; When logging in with a user created account, other than the system admin or root account, a FreeBSD shell is presented instead of the pfSense commands screen.

Best can tell from web GUI System: User Manager, it is configure same as the system admin account.

Defined by SYSTEM
Username admin
Member of admins
Effective Privileges
admins WebCfg - All pages Allow access to all pages
User - System - Shell account access Indicates whether the user is able to login for example via SSH.

Defined by USER
Username xyz
Member of admins
Effective Privileges
admins WebCfg - All pages Allow access to all pages
User - System - Shell account access Indicates whether the user is able to login for example via SSH.

jimp

Shell users do not work like GUI users. We don't yet have a way to safely give them the same permissions as the admin user. We don't display the menu because it will not work properly for them.