SABnzbd Forums

Hello all,

New to ubuntu... I was having trouble keeping my password in the newest sabnzbd...and reset i rentered my password and now it wont let me in...please help. I've tried google and other sites for info on how to reset my password only to run intodead ends. Anyone know how to reset my password?

Thanks,

rezdude

I am assuming you used the unofficial reporsity, so do the following:

1. STOP Sabnzbd+  : sudo /etc/init.d/sabnzbdplus stop
2. Locate your sabnzbd.ini : locate sabnzbd.ini
3. open sabnzbd.ini : sudo nano /path/to/sabnzbd.ini
4. Change sabnzbd.ini : look for username & password >> change this to your liking
5. Save sabnzbd.ini : press Ctrl + X  >> answer YES > press enter
6. Start sabnzbd+ again : sudo /etc/init.d/sabnzbdplus start

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Or you can find the PID >>> Kill that >>> make changes >> restart like you normally do

1. Find PID# : ps -A
2. Close sabnzbd+ : sudo kill PID #
3. Locate your sabnzbd.ini : locate sabnzbd.ini
4. open sabnzbd.ini : sudo nano /path/to/sabnzbd.ini
5. Change sabnzbd.ini : look for username & password >> change this to your liking
6. Save sabnzbd.ini : press Ctrl + X  >> answer YES > press enter
7. Start sabnzbd+ again

ok...so igo and open the file:

sudo nano /path/to/sabnzbd.ini

and there is nothing in the file. no text, characters or anything. nothing.

so what do i do from here?

Don't take "/path/to/sabnzbd.ini" literally.
You need to find out where sabnzbd.ini is stored first.

I am so new to linux i'd be a new shade of green. the world of windows and microsoft made things simple...i've tried to look everywhere and am even using the find function and looking at the text around the words user and pass just to find what im looking for.

How in the hell did you get everything installed ?   

Did you locate : sabnzbd.ini ?
As you need that , and then you can make the change

I got the system from a friend and now they are on vacation...so i can't bug him and i cant get the program to work....

i'm trying....i like the new system. like everything new it takes time to adjust. i really want to learn more about linux and hope you guys can help...

part of the problem is that my brain is programmed for windows. so when you tell me to look for a specific file like sabnzbd.ini thats what i go look for. using my search function i have 38 files listed as sabnzbd and then from there i've gone into almost every file looking for usr and pass.

did you use the command like I posted above :

locate sabnzbd.ini

As that will tell you where the ini is .. as that is the only file you need to look at.
In that file look for

host =
port =
web_dir =
web_dir2 =
username =
password =


between the " "  .. there will be a username & pw

I'm trying to do the same thing, but I can't find the .ini file
I've tried the command line search and it doesn't produce a result...it doesn't produce an error either.

to be 100% sure, you use the command LOCATE to search with commandline?
and you are doing this as root/sudo user ?

when i start terminal i'm in root, and I'm cutting and pasting your directions, so I don't know what the problem could be.
Unfortunately i've had to resort to using Pan, but I would love to get this working again

Have you run "sudo updatedb" first (so before the "locate sabnzbd.ini")?

None of this works. i opened the ini and it says [ -z "$USER" ] && {
            log_warning_msg "$DESC: not configured, aborting. See $SETTINGS";
            return 1; }
everything i try to log in doesn't work
i can' comprehend why marking it for complete removal and reinstalling doesn't solve this.

Looks like you opened something that is not the .ini of sabnzbd+

Deleting & reinstalling probarly does not work because the .ini file is not deleted !

Ok i was struggling to find the ini as well.

I ended up just searching for the text '.ini' without the quotes.

It gave me a short list with the sabnzbd.ini in there.

Hope this helps