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Forgot Username, reinstall prompts login again - Tom Dude - 2024-03-08
I tried to access my server and it asked for a username and password, which I don't remember making. I tried finding the logs folder because I read you can see your username there, but I couldn't find it (it wasn't in the install directory). I then uninstalled Jellyfin through windows and reinstalled it. However, it asked me for my username and password again. Is there a way I can just reset my login details? I'm on Windows 11 and it is not installed as a service.
EDIT: I found the logs. They contain no username, so I am once again stuck.
RE: Forgot Username, reinstall prompts login again - TheDreadPirate - 2024-03-09
Stop Jellyfin then edit this file
C:\ProgramData\Jellyfin\Server\config\system.xml
There will be a line near the top that is called IsStartupWizardComplete. Switch that from true to false. Start Jellyfin. It will walk you through the initial setup and allow you to re-create the admin account name and password. Skip the rest of the steps.
RE: Forgot Username, reinstall prompts login again - Fredrik Arvidsson - 2025-01-31
I have a mac and i cant find that file. I chnched the admin acconunt name to something I cant remember. Can you help me?
RE: Forgot Username, reinstall prompts login again - TheDreadPirate - 2025-01-31
Check these directories.
Code:
~/.config/jellyfin/
~/.local/share/jellyfin/RE: Forgot Username, reinstall prompts login again - Fredrik Arvidsson - 2025-02-06
https://prnt.sc/cluF0ciKpG2S
Is the file somewere in there?
Oh sorry o not good at computers. should i copy/paste that code someware?
RE: Forgot Username, reinstall prompts login again - Fredrik Arvidsson - 2025-02-06
hem@mac ~ % ls -la ~
total 104
drwxr-xr-x+ 25 hem staff 800 6 Feb 14:44 .
drwxr-xr-x 6 root admin 192 1 Feb 09:08 ..
-r-------- 1 hem staff 7 9 Okt 15:50 .CFUserTextEncoding
-rw-r--r--@ 1 hem staff 14340 6 Feb 14:38 .DS_Store
drwx------+ 23 hem staff 736 4 Feb 13:45 .Trash
drwxr-xr-x 3 hem staff 96 11 Okt 14:41 .aspnet
-rw------- 1 hem staff 180 26 Okt 13:08 .bash_history
drwx------ 21 hem staff 672 26 Okt 13:11 .bash_sessions
drwxr-xr-x 4 hem staff 128 27 Okt 19:53 .config
drwx------ 4 hem staff 128 11 Okt 15:18 .ssh
drwxr-xr-x 4 hem staff 128 27 Okt 15:42 .unpackerr
-rw------- 1 hem staff 5923 27 Okt 09:32 .viminfo
-rw-r--r-- 1 hem staff 119 31 Jan 16:01 .zprofile
-rw------- 1 hem staff 8032 6 Feb 14:44 .zsh_history
drwx------ 22 hem staff 704 6 Feb 14:44 .zsh_sessions
-rw-r--r-- 1 hem staff 55 6 Feb 14:32 .zshrc
drwx------@ 8 hem staff 256 6 Feb 14:36 Desktop
drwx------@ 6 hem staff 192 6 Feb 13:59 Documents
drwx------@ 10 hem staff 320 4 Feb 13:45 Downloads
drwx------@ 84 hem staff 2688 31 Jan 19:23 Library
drwx------+ 13 hem staff 416 6 Feb 14:36 Movies
drwx------+ 9 hem staff 288 29 Jan 22:11 Music
drwx------+ 4 hem staff 128 11 Okt 14:26 Pictures
drwxr-xr-x+ 5 hem staff 160 6 Feb 13:47 Public
-rw-r--r--@ 1 hem staff 934 31 Jan 18:47 remove_r_and_part_files.py
hem@mac ~ % ~/.local/share/jellyfin/
zsh: no such file or directory: /Users/hem/.local/share/jellyfin/
RE: Forgot Username, reinstall prompts login again - TheDreadPirate - 2025-02-06
Stop Jellyfin. Open system.xml in your screenshot, probably ~/.config/jellyfin/system.xml, and change IsStartupWizardComplete to false. Start Jellyfin and access Jellyfin from an incognito/private browser window.
RE: Forgot Username, reinstall prompts login again - Fredrik Arvidsson - 2025-02-06
https://prnt.sc/n6EumV1npI__
I cant click the server. And it still shows in swedsih. I tried to wipe the instalation but i could not yet find those tho folder: Delete the folder
~/.config/jellyfin/
Delete the folder ~/.local/share/jellyfin/
https://prnt.sc/2FWjK-2RssQa
This is what i see now: stil it has tempfiles. since "kalle" was a dummy account before.
still no admin rights just rehular user.
RE: Forgot Username, reinstall prompts login again - TheDreadPirate - 2025-02-06
I found updated documentation in our github.
https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin-server-macos/tree/master#uninstalling
~/Library/Application Support/jellyfin
Is there anything there?