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Console stucked after setting console password in webgui..?

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    AdminX
    last edited by Aug 28, 2013, 9:43 AM

    @kejianshi, yes i have backups. and i hope if i reinstall, all will be restored as expected.

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      AdminX
      last edited by Aug 28, 2013, 9:50 AM Aug 28, 2013, 9:45 AM

      @doktornotor:

      Before reinstall

      
      grep admin /etc/passwd
      
      

      and check the last field, which is the shell.

      thank you doktornotor for the guide..should i fire these command in ssh? I got these result:

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        kejianshi
        last edited by Aug 28, 2013, 9:47 AM

        They will - Trust me.  I used to pull my hair out chasing down little gremlins in the system till I realized how much easier it was to wipe, reinstall and reload settings form XML file.  The only time this isn't useful is when the saved configuration was the problem, which is why I always backup XML before and after I make a major change.

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          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
          last edited by Aug 28, 2013, 9:55 AM

          I presume at that point the console is completely non-responsive, it's not possible to login?
          It doesn't matter what shell the admin user is set to run if you can't login as admin.

          Steve

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            doktornotor Banned
            last edited by Aug 28, 2013, 10:07 AM

            @stephenw10:

            I presume at that point the console is completely non-responsive, it's not possible to login?
            It doesn't matter what shell the admin user is set to run if you can't login as admin.

            Yeah, the shell is correct, I just wanted to check whether toggling the GUI checkbox does actually does something or not… Sounds like completely different problem. Rather then hunting for gremlins, a quick reinstall and backup restore should sort it out if it worked before.

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