Man do I feel like i have a lot to learn but am totally happy with my experience so far.

I have my server next to me with some spare monitors. I would like to be able to log in via console but it doens't accept either my root password or one of my local account. I can log into the webgui with all the accounts but not on the console. is there a setting to allow console access? I check the accounts and it didn't have anything that looks like that. process to repeat:

1. start server in GUI mode

2. enter either root or a user account

3. enter corresponding password

what happen for me is that once I enter the password, it changes back to user name. I did search here to see if the question was asked and there didn't seem to be anything for this type of issue.

I tried creating a new account named "console" with an easier password for testing and now when I enter "console" as the user, it pauses for a moment the prompts for the user again

5 minutes ago, PresidentMcPooden said:

. I can log into the webgui with all the accounts

That shouldn't work unless you have hacked it in some way.

Only root has access to command line or webUI. All other accounts are strictly for network file access.

https://docs.unraid.net/unraid-os/system-administration/secure-your-server/user-management/#reset-your-password

I certainly didn't hack it as that isn't how I roll :). That does explain why I couldn't log in with them. I did try an experiment that did work. I changed the root account to an easier password and I was able to log in. That leads me to think that I either fat fingered the password numerous times or there is a bug that is not taking the full password in the console. I expect it is the former. I use Proton Pass to generate my passwords and the one that I had is not easy. Would be nice if there was a "show password" like other places in the Web UI so that I could confirm it is right. That is the problem with using a password manage. if you don't have it installed, it is painful. I can try with the original password once more and see if I get it right. Thank you for the reply.

Final update. I did change the password to a longer, easier one to type i.e.: blah1-somthing2-horse3-battery4-staple (obviously i just made that up) and I was able to log in so length wasnt the issue. It was me not being able to see the characters for a complete password so while it was a challenge from a usability perspective, it isn't really a problem Thank you, @trurl