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+--- Thread: SOLVED: Lost admin account (/t-solved-lost-admin-account)
Lost admin account - lupine - 2024-12-20
I seem to have lost my admin account, either by overriding it with OAUTH or just by forgetting the username and password.
Is there a way to make my current account admin or just create a new admin account on cli or something?
RE: Lost admin account - TheDreadPirate - 2024-12-20
Enable the setup wizard.
/etc/jellyfin/system.xml for a bare metal install
/config/config/system.xml for a docker install
Stop jellyfin then change "IsStartupWizardComplete" from true to false. Start jellyfin and then access it from a browser and re-do the account creation process, skip the rest of the steps.
RE: Lost admin account - lupine - 2024-12-21
I followed this, and managed to create a new account, but its not an admin account, as I am still missing the admin dashboard.
RE: Lost admin account - lupine - 2024-12-21
I just nuked the whole installation and got a fresh start.
RE: Lost admin account - Sammy Greengus - 2025-01-16
Hello I am still new to jellyfin and linux. I am running JellyFin in a docker in Unraid 6.12.14. today I locked myself out of m y jellyfin account. the password reset did not work for me I have been trying to do the commands but I keep on getting parse error syntax error. please help
RE: Lost admin account - TheDreadPirate - 2025-01-16
Stop the container, open a file browser and go to the directory you mounted /config. In /config there will be another config folder. In there is a file called system.xml.
Open that file in a text editor. There is a field called "IsStartupWizardComplete". Set that field to false and save. Start the jellyfin container.
In an incognito browser window, navigate to your jellyfin server. It should prompt you as if it was a fresh setup. Don't worry, your data is fine.
Create a new username and password and it should overwrite your existing admin user's name and credentials. This WILL NOT overwrite any watch status.
Once you've done that, just click next and skip the remaining prompts.
RE: Lost admin account - bythelake - 2025-03-08
(2024-12-21, 07:51 AM)lupine Wrote: I followed this, and managed to create a new account, but its not an admin account, as I am still missing the admin dashboard.Yeah, same here. I've tried this process a dozen times and I get a non-privileged account, no dashboard.