Today I've upgraded 2 similar servers to version 25.1.5_5 and both don't show the console menu after boot-up anymore like use to be but goes right away to the login prompt.
Is this a new feature or a bug?
System > Settings > Administration > Password protect the console menu
perhaps?
Probably referring to https://forum.opnsense.org/index.php?topic=46161.msg231144#msg231144
They wrote they got a login prompt so console seems to be working in general. Also they did not state it was serial.
@ Patrick M. Hausen
Thanks, that was it! Is this a new feature? using OPNsense for 5 years now and never saw this feature. If it was there all the time than it has been ticked by the upgrade.
I'm confused... the password-protected console menu is a fork feature that existed for 10 years and never changed.
@Franco
As I am confused as well. I never ticked this option but it was ticked on both machines after the upgrade.
The password protection (checked) is the default since 10 years is what I was saying, yes...
Started to doubt myself so I dived into it somewhat deeper. I digged up old config xml files and figured that in the very beginning in my early steps into OPNsense I had un-ticked the "Password protect the console menu" option likely not knowing what I was doing at the time. The very early backup of the config xml contains <disableconsolemenu>1</disableconsolemenu>. Therefor I was used to the console menu at boot for about 5 years. Only the very last backup this line is no longer present in the config but I really cannot remember ticking the option and this likely happened unintentionally, hence my confusion.
Anyway thanks a lot for bringing this to my attention and sorry for the fuzz.