[SOLVED] Unraid Admin Pw not accepted - Forgot pw steps do not resolve issue -

[icarus44_zer0]

The Facts. 

 

When to login one day. PW failed. I use a PW manager. Thought maybe my PW manager was corrupted. Checked backup. PW was correct. 

 

Followed the steps listed in Password Recovery. Issues persists. 

 

After following these above steps. Unraid login UI presents the following errors 

 

Warning: file(/etc/nginx/htpasswd): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /usr/local/emhttp/login.php on line 23

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /usr/local/emhttp/login.php on line 23

 

SSH into the server with ROOT and null as PW. 

nano /usr/local/emhttp/login.php

 

line 23 

 

foreach (file('/etc/nginx/htpasswd') as $strCredentials)

 

/etc/nginx/htpasswd -  no such file or directory.

ls -a  - nope

find: ‘htpasswd’: No such file or directory

 

 it looks like I lost/destroyed/corrupted this file somehow. 

 

Final attempt - from the console on the server login as ROOT - "passwd" - change root PW... PW accepted. Restart. Issue persists.

 

Possible Solutions. 

 

• Create a new install on a new USB.. My current usb is about 5 years old. I have not researched what the effects of this would be. 
• Darsy Posted March 5, 2020 https://forums.unraid.net/topic/88712-i-cant-login/ (highly unrecommended by admin team... however does work). 
• Create the htpasswd file directly on the USB. Not sure what this would entail
• Change line 23 to point to a different dir. Unsure of the ramifications 

 

Side Note - Did not solve problem

•  https://forums.unraid.net/topic/88712-i-cant-login/  

  On 5/4/2020 at 3:42 AM, karoldo said:

  So what do you recommend? I have the same problem...

   

  EDIT: OK rebooting in safe mode and using "passwd" did the trick

  thx

   

 

 

Thanks in advance... Open to all helpful suggestions, comments, and/or questions.

 

Edited January 17, 2021 by icarus44_zer0
updated troubleshooting steps

[icarus44_zer0]

SOLVED: 

 

From the terminal on the server - booted into UNRAID with GUI - USER -> ROOT -> PW 

 

UI login now functions as expected