diff --git a/Web-UI-password-locked-on-qBittorrent-NO-X-(qbittorrent-nox).md b/Web-UI-password-locked-on-qBittorrent-NO-X-(qbittorrent-nox).md index 7fa339d..264d5fd 100644 --- a/Web-UI-password-locked-on-qBittorrent-NO-X-(qbittorrent-nox).md +++ b/Web-UI-password-locked-on-qBittorrent-NO-X-(qbittorrent-nox).md @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ If your user name and password is locked out of the Web UI and the default user name `admin` and password `adminadmin` is also failing, the steps to recover access are: -1. Exit or kill qBittorrent process. +1. Log in to the machine the client is on as the user that qbittorrent runs as, either at the console or over an SSH connection. -2. Log in to the machine the client is on as the user that qbittorrent runs as, either at the console or over an SSH connection. +2. Exit or kill qBittorrent process. 3. Navigate to `~/.config/qBittorrent/` and edit the qBittorrent configuration file `qBittorrent.conf`. * If you're using qbittorrent version < 4.2.0, locate the entry of `WebUI\Password_ha1` and remove the entire line.