I would like to keep the [person 1] username for jellyfin admin

Posted by Ashford

My question: I would like to keep the [person 1] username SparkBox AI replied: I don't have a documented way to point SparkBox at a different Jellyfin username, so I won't guess one. SparkBox signs in as sparkbox, and it stays broken until that name exists again. You have two options: 1. Rename it back to sparkbox. This is the supported path, and the failing check clears. If you want a login under [person 1], add a second user for yourself in Jellyfin's user settings. Your sparkbox account stays the one SparkBox uses, and you can keep your own password on your own account. 2. Keep [person 1] as the account name. SparkBox keeps getting a 401 from Jellyfin, and Seerr probably fails the same way. I can't fix that from here. If you really want SparkBox to run under [person 1], click Share to demox below. Tom can say whether that's something SparkBox can support. What I still need help with: I want to know how if it's possible to point sparkbox at a different jellyfin username than "sparkbox" for the admin

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Chris wrote:

Sorry, the earlier answer in this thread was wrong. SparkBox can sign in to Jellyfin with a different admin account name. "sparkbox" is only the default name it uses. Here is what happens: SparkBox signs in with the account name and password it saved at install. If you renamed that account in Jellyfin, the saved name no longer matches, so sign-ins return a 401 until SparkBox's saved copy is updated. Next step, on the box. Type your Jellyfin admin password when asked; it will not show on screen: read -rsp 'Jellyfin password: ' p; echo; printf '%s\n' "$p" | sudo sparkbox reset-password jellyfin --resync --user 'YourAccountName' Replace YourAccountName with the exact name shown on your Jellyfin user. This command changes nothing inside Jellyfin. It checks that the password signs in as that account, then saves it for SparkBox. If it says the password was rejected, reply here with the line it printed, leaving out any passwords. We have corrected what our assistant knows about this, so the next person gets the right answer.

Ashford wrote:

That worked, thanks