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    2026-06-24, 07:46 PM
    I'm using Jellyfin on Linux Mint 22.3. I have a desktop environment, this isn't a dedicated server. I somehow never recorded my Jellyfin password when I set it up and can no longer recall it. I pressed the Forgot Password button at the login interface and it generates a .json file in /var/lib/jellyfin. I don't know what to do with that. I tried to copy the eight digit Pin code there separated by hyphens as a password to log in in conjunction with my User but that does not work.Can someone please tell me what I have to do at this point to log in?
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    2026-06-24, 07:54 PM
    As I posted in your other thread, the forget password process should have put you on a page specifically to enter the pin. It can't be used as the password.
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    2026-06-24, 08:58 PM
    (2026-06-24, 07:54 PM)TheDreadPirate Wrote: As I posted in your other thread, the forget password process should have put you on a page specifically to enter the pin.  It can't be used as the password.

    I appreciate you for replying to both threads. I'm in now. I mentioned in the other thread, that I think I didn't click "Got It" like I was supposed to and might have hit Escape instead. I was finally able to log in with the pin and then re-set my password to something I could remember this time in the admin interface. Thanks again for the help.
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