Closed kjkent closed 1 month ago
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Edited to fill missed env item
Requiring administrators to have passwords was a conscious decision, so moving this to web to update the error message
I am having the same issue, with the error message in logs with a continuously loading circle in GUI that never timeouts.
Log error:
Admin user passwords must not be empty
GUI: Loading/waiting circle that never ends with no useful indication of the password requirement for admin account.
Similarly to @kjkent, my instance is behind a VPN, so cannot be accessed over the Internet, only local access.
It would be great to have a admin password bypass in the jellyfin config for advanced users?
Please describe your bug
I have spent some time trying to unset my account password but am presented with
My account was the first created when Jellyfin was set up, other accounts do not have this issue. I first interpreted the error as meaning I'd entered my account password incorrectly, but this is not the case.
It could be argued that this is a security requirement, but Jellyfin allows me to set
0
or1234
as a password, which is negligibly safer. Jellyfin is isolated from external network access, so a password for media isn't a necessity for my use case.There is the inverse issue raised here: https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin/issues/2658, which has similar potential resolutions. In this case, I suggest:
Reproduction Steps
Jellyfin Version
10.9.0
if other:
jellyfin Docker "-latest" tag
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