I am able to log into the web interface of Pi-Hole on my PC but am unable to login to Pi-Hole admin to change the passwords via a terminal session on the Ubuntu host of pi-Hole
I have a Virtual Ubuntu machine on VMare esxi and Pi-Hole was installed inside of Ubuntu yesterday
I have changed nothing on Pi-Hole as my admin credentials do not work and I cannot access via ssh
You will need to use the host OS ssh session user ID and password you used at install of the OS.
Hi, When I try ssh its rejected. I am unsure whether its rejected by Ubuntu or pihole but the window just comes up with a not accepted error
Ubuntu. Pi-hole is not involved in sshand your local username/password. Once you're logged in via ssh you can change the password for Pi-hole's web GUI via pihole -a -p
In addition to jfb's and yubiuser's comments, I'd like to emphasise that Pi-hole only manages a password for its web interface.
The credentials you are looking for are those of the machine's OS that is hosting Pi-hole.
If you forgot all of those, you likely need to start with a fresh image / OS installation.
to resolve your issue with logging into Pi-Hole admin via a terminal session on your Ubuntu host, you can try verifying your login credentials, checking network connectivity, verifying Pi-Hole installation, and resetting your Pi-Hole admin password.
Using the correct password solved the problem, so many many thanks!
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