How can i know the admin userpassword

aaron

Hi, I just got set up and am trying to log in as the admin and it doesn't give me access.

I called flushall on the database, restarted both the redis and node servers, and logged in as a user. But when I visit http://localhost:4567/admin, my access is denied.

What do I do? Thanks!

julian

When you run node app --setup, you set up the administrative user there.

Once you run your NodeBB, log in as that user first, and then you can access /admin

aaron

Thanks! That worked.

Speaking of the setup process, do I need to install imagemagic? I keep getting warnings about it. If so, how do I do that?

julian

sudo apt-get install imagemagick

aaron

sudo apt-get install imagemagick

That doesn't work for me. I've been meaning to ask about that too. My mac doesn't know the apt-get command. How do I change that or is there another way to install these things?

finid

@aaron

"apt-get" is a Linux (Debian/Ubuntu) command, so it won't work on your Mac.

BarveyHirdman

@aaron You can either use Homebrew or MacPorts, whatever floats your boat.

If you're familiar with them you can just use

port install imagemagick
# OR
brew install imagemagick

If you don't have either of those installed, check their web:
http://brew.sh/
http://www.macports.org/

Nicekiwi

hey, so I just did a fresh install. Registered a user and get a 403 Permission denied error when I access /admin?

frissdiegurke

@Ezra-Sharp This is a (relative to NodeBBs lifetime) very old thread
As far I remember of my last installation a secret had to be given while setup (afterwards editable within config.json) and username was admin, but I may be wrong.

Nicekiwi

Yeah, the code in the mongo specific setup for nodebb is currently wrong. thats why Im having issues