Going a bit nuts here, I ve tried to install file browser app many different ways off others on YouTube. I’ve also set my permissions up exactly as they had plus to the point of both my app config file and share file allowing full control of the same members. But everyti.e I try to log in it gives me a “wrong credentials” error. On top of that I also noticed during the install at the very start there is a brief section in the download that says “invalid validation completed”, not sure if that will help but looking for any other ideas here. Thank you.
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Stumbled about the same error yesterday. Did all the same as in the video: " Enhance Your TrueNAS Scale Storage With This Web-Based File Manager App" from Lawrence Systems.
And also only got “wrong credentials”.
I didn’t have the energy to deal with the source code to fix the error, so I deleted everything again.
Cu, Sam
We only have access to the information you give us, so it’s difficult to say much about what is wrong when you don’t go into any detail on how you set it up.
File Browser no longer uses the default password of admin, but now generates a random one on first start. To find out what it is for your installation, check the logs for the filebrowser container:
Thank you,
didn’t see this change in the documentation for “filebrowser” on github oder their website - they are still showing admin/admin. Did find it in a changelog now that i know what to look after.
Weird choice not to even change their own install guide.
Thanks and happy weekend!
Seems i had a cached version from before Jun 17, 2025 - my bad. Sorry for the misleading information.
And on “filebrowser org installation” still admin / admin - would post a screen but i am not allowed (yet ?).
But i did not come here to fight - thanks for the heads up.
Easy to be confused when some parts of their documentation still says admin/admin:
Perhaps that only applies to non-docker installs.