topic Re: Logged in Admins _cliuser normal? in General Topics

Logged in Admins _cliuser normal?

kenanuenal — Mon, 04 Oct 2021 09:36:27 GMT

Hi there,

Today I accidentally discovered the user _cliuser in the widget Logged in Admins on the dashboard of our Palo Alto Firewall.

After a few seconds it was gone.
Unfortunately, I didn't find anything through the search, and seeing this for the first time, I'm confused.

Is that normal?

Thank you.

Re: Logged in Admins _cliuser normal?

S.Cantwell — Wed, 06 Oct 2021 00:11:36 GMT

Hello. From my own past experiences (why, just today....:P) I saw this same issue. I think we both just coincidentally logged on when a process was running from the mgmt plane. I am pretty certain that it is ok.

Re: Logged in Admins _cliuser normal?

BPry — Wed, 06 Oct 2021 15:40:26 GMT

@kenanuenal,

The _cliuser is utilized for certain scripts on the firewall that run in the background for various tasks and isn't a concern at all.