Cannot authenticate with default qbittorrent password

[AzShad]

Hi All,

I have a docker qbittorentvpn in local and I has the default setting for the password : admin/adminadmin Today I wanted to coonect on the WebUI but for no reason I can't, It's the wrong password. I tried to delete and reinstall the docker but nothing change,

Someone Can help me ?

[Joeltimate]

I had the same issue earlier today when I updated to the latest build. I was able to log in again after rolling back to version 4.6.0-1-01.

[ChiefGeekOfficer]

Same issue here, had to downgrade to login

[Fribb]

This also impacts connections like Sonarr/Radarr to connect to qbittorent.

[ChiefGeekOfficer]

Indeed. Anything that needs to be able to login to it is unable to, including those apps.

[binhex]

This is a change from qbittorrent developers, please keep in mind I simply package what is available. Having said all that one user has reported successfully getting Auth working with the latest image:-

https://forums.unraid.net/topic/75539-support-binhex-qbittorrentvpn/?do=findComment&comment=1329646

[Fribb]

While it said that QBittorrent should generate a password and output it in the logs, I couldn't find it in any of the logs so here is the solution that worked for me to get this working again:

1. downgrade the container to use the 4.6.0-1-01 version so change the repository to binhex/arch-qbittorrentvpn:4.6.0-1-01
2. let the container spin up and connect to the WebUI (the old password should work again)
3. go to the options -> Web UI -> Authentication and change the password to whatever you prefer, this can't be default adminadmin anymore.
4. save the changes
5. change the Unraid template repository to binhex/arch-qbittorrentvpn again and let that start
6. after it is up you can now login with the admin user and the new password
7. you now need to go to your sonarr/radarr instances and change the password on each of those. the test should succeed directly with the new password.

[binhex]

While it said that QBittorrent should generate a password and output it in the logs, I couldn't find it in any of the logs

This is something that IS in my control, so i will try and make a bit of time to investigate this.

edit - actually it turns out its not in my control, see below

[binhex]

While it said that QBittorrent should generate a password and output it in the logs, I couldn't find it in any of the logs

This is something that IS in my control, so i will try and make a bit of time to investigate this.

looks like there is an open issue for this, basically if you are running qbittorrent-nox daemonised then the temporary password is not shown:- https://github.com/qbittorrent/qBittorrent/issues/19984

[rd720]

I used this work around. Put an exception for you local IP subnet in the config file. Restart the container. Then you can change your password and remove the 2 lines from the config restart the container again. Should be good with the new password.

[Preferences]
WebUI\AuthSubnetWhitelist=192.168.1.0/24 #use your local subnet
WebUI\AuthSubnetWhitelistEnabled=true

[palakmar]

I used this work around. Put an exception for you local IP subnet in the config file. Restart the container. Then you can change your password and remove the 2 lines from the config restart the container again. Should be good with the new password.

[Preferences]
WebUI\AuthSubnetWhitelist=192.168.1.0/24 #use your local subnet
WebUI\AuthSubnetWhitelistEnabled=true

I have a truenas core and I installed qbittorrent from plugins. I cannot login and I cannot locate correct qbittorrent.conf file in order to change the default password or remove authentication from specific ips. Would you be able to help me locate the file?

[nuqz1]

For anybody wondering about this, found this on reddit and it worked: Adding this line under [Preferences], in the config file, works, for setting the default password manually to: adminadmin

WebUI\Password_PBKDF2="@ByteArray(ARQ77eY1NUZaQsuDHbIMCA==:0WMRkYTUWVT9wVvdDtHAjU9b3b7uB8NR1Gur2hmQCvCDpm39Q+PsJRJPaCU51dEiz+dTzh8qbPsL8WkFljQYFQ==)"

[Edo-wado]

For anybody wondering about this, found this on reddit and it worked: Adding this line under [Preferences], in the config file, works, for setting the default password manually to: adminadmin

WebUI\Password_PBKDF2="@bytearray(ARQ77eY1NUZaQsuDHbIMCA==:0WMRkYTUWVT9wVvdDtHAjU9b3b7uB8NR1Gur2hmQCvCDpm39Q+PsJRJPaCU51dEiz+dTzh8qbPsL8WkFljQYFQ==)"

This does work but a fresh install also needs the WebUI\User=admin parameter. So full details for user=admin and password=adminadmin would be:

WebUI\User=admin WebUI\Password_PBKDF2="@ByteArray(72ycFfm20SU9J1917+v4rg==:rmIGmlb3YZukCUlIghBhnu/8ovMGEqloSqoIlga7Tfh/tm0m7uGgHibe/B/rpn7Bs65+SrVcp1AAtPKm5AoVfw==)"

[brentbiglin]

For anybody wondering about this, found this on reddit and it worked: Adding this line under [Preferences], in the config file, works, for setting the default password manually to: adminadmin WebUI\Password_PBKDF2="@bytearray(ARQ77eY1NUZaQsuDHbIMCA==:0WMRkYTUWVT9wVvdDtHAjU9b3b7uB8NR1Gur2hmQCvCDpm39Q+PsJRJPaCU51dEiz+dTzh8qbPsL8WkFljQYFQ==)"

This does work but a fresh install also needs the WebUI\User=admin parameter. So full details for user=admin and password=adminadmin would be:

WebUI\User=admin WebUI\Password_PBKDF2="@bytearray(72ycFfm20SU9J1917+v4rg==:rmIGmlb3YZukCUlIghBhnu/8ovMGEqloSqoIlga7Tfh/tm0m7uGgHibe/B/rpn7Bs65+SrVcp1AAtPKm5AoVfw==)"

Unfortunately this didn't work for me. I'm on Truenas Core working with the qBittorrent plugin. Is there more than one configuration file?

I'm editing the one I found here: /mnt/pool/iocage/jails/qbittorrent/root/var/db/qbittorrent/conf/qBittorrent/config/qBittorrent.conf

[Dougnuth]

I used this work around. Put an exception for you local IP subnet in the config file. Restart the container. Then you can change your password and remove the 2 lines from the config restart the container again. Should be good with the new password.

[Preferences]
WebUI\AuthSubnetWhitelist=192.168.1.0/24 #use your local subnet
WebUI\AuthSubnetWhitelistEnabled=true

I have a truenas core and I installed qbittorrent from plugins. I cannot login and I cannot locate correct qbittorrent.conf file in order to change the default password or remove authentication from specific ips. Would you be able to help me locate the file?

Any updates? I'm having the same problem, and cannot find a working solution...

[Chrunchy]

Dougnuth

You can find the configuration in a subfolder in the /config folder you mapped. My /config is mapped to /docker/qbittorrent/

So in my case i go and edit /docker/qbittorrent/qBittorrent/config/qBittorrent.conf and added those two lines with whitelisting.