[Kavita] Idea / Restore to Factory Settings (Forgot Username & Password for admin account)

[Whatchawnt]

Idea Description

For us truly smooth brain admins...

I'm running a docker instance of Kavita (App Version: v0.8.7 )

Feature Request: Ability to restore Username & Password.

I was using a local admin account with username and password. I normally use a password manager and I believed I had at the time. But Had not setup any users (besides the admin user) as I was still testing out Kavita. I came back several months later but had forgotten the username and password for the admin account. I tried the reset password option from #2831 but since I do not remember the username I used to set it up I was wondering if their was break glass method to reset the container to factory settings (no username/password set up). Or if their was a way to also retrieve the username as well.

Idea Category

Feature Enhancement

Duration of Using Kavita

Only during setup

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[DieselTech]

It isn't an official way, but you could always crack open the sqlite database using a sqlite editor. The username is stored in the AspNetUsers table under UserName.

[scare376]

I do want to note that if you do use this workaround make sure that the application is turned off otherwise you risk corrupting the db.

[scare376]

Also the proper way to start from scratch would be to just delete the config folder while the application is off. when you start it back up it will rebuild the config and you will have a fresh instance

[Whatchawnt]

Couldn't find the location of the folder unless the docker instance was running. So had to delete it while it was running and then stopped and restarted it to start from scratch.