Reset the password

Torsher has one account and sends no email, so there is no recovery link. Whoever can run commands on the server sets a new password with one command.

What you'll get

A new owner password and access to the control panel again.

Before you start

• A terminal on the machine where the Torsher container runs, with access to Docker.
• The container name. It is torsher in the install file; docker ps lists the names.

1. Set a new password

docker exec -it torsher torsher reset-password

The command prints a new random password: four groups of five letters and digits, without look-alike characters such as 0 and o. If your container has another name, put it in place of the first torsher.

The same command is shown on the sign-in screen under Forgot password?.

Set your own password instead

Pass it on standard input. It must be at least 8 characters:

printf '%s' '<new-password>' | docker exec -i torsher torsher reset-password --stdin

The password stays in your shell history. To avoid that, set a random one with the first command and change it in the panel.

2. Sign in and change it

Sign in to the panel with the new password, then open Settings → Account and set a password you will remember under Password.

What happens to signed-in devices

• Browsers signed in to the panel are signed out, including yours. Sign in again with the new password.
• TVs and other connected devices keep working: they are connected with their own key, not with the password. To disconnect one, remove it in Profiles & devices.

Check

The panel opens with the new password, and the command printed The password for <your email> has been reset.

If something went wrong

• The server has no account yet. Nobody has created the owner account. Open http://<server-address>:8080/panel/ and create it in the setup wizard.
• No such container: torsher. The container has another name. Find it with docker ps and use it in the command.
• The password must be at least 8 characters. The password passed with --stdin is too short.

Next

• Backup and move: the account and its password are in every backup.