After Setup Cannot Login to Amahi

[mediaslave]

I followed the installation instructions as provided on this site; however, when i click the Amahi HDA Dashboard and attempt to login the page tells me I have entered the incorrect user name or password. I have double checked my user name and password under account information on my desktop, but I still get the same error. Is there a way to have your user name and password e-mailed to you?

[whetu]

if you can get to the command line, login as root and then try:

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grep admin /etc/passwd

If you get no result, use:

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useradd admin && passwd admin

Once that's done, you should be able to login to the web ui.

Musing out loud - A relatively simple boot-time sanity-check script could be included in Amahi to check for this account, and if it's not found it can be added with a generic password. Something like (really raw off the top of my head)...

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#!/bin/sh # grep -w admin /etc/passwd if [ $? = 1 ] then useradd -p `openssl passwd -crypt admin` admin else sed -i -e '/admin.check.script.sh/d' /etc/rc.local fi

/bin/sh syntax might be [ $? == 1 ], again off the top of my head...