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romolo82
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Sep 30, 2025
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Bash shell and ping command on F5 rseries

Hi, I need to use command ping on F5 rSeries. I undarstand that ping command is not availible on F5OS, but with local credentials I annnot to switch from F5OS to bash Linux shell. Do you know how I...
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  • Injeyan_Kostas's avatar
    Injeyan_Kostas
    Sep 30, 2025

    If you are logged in with admin account you cannot access bash
    Try ssh with root

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Paulius
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Sep 30, 2025

In the GUI you can change the admin profile to allow you to go into advanced shell instead which will allow you to switch between TMOS and Bash.

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Injeyan_Kostas
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Sep 30, 2025

You can in TMOS but as far as I know not in F5OS.