[Bug]couldn't login with my admin password with the error message : invalid username or password

[eltinh]

Describe the bug

just installed hestia on ubuntu, but couldn't login with my admin password with the error message : invalid username or password.

Tell us how to replicate the bug

Tried below methods, but still couldn't resolve the problem

1. reset the admin password
2. reinstall the ubuntu and hestia

Which components are affected by this bug?

Control Panel Installation or Upgrade

Hestia Control Panel Version

1.6.14

Operating system

ubuntu 2204

Log capture

2023-03-13 11:21:25 v-add-user-sftp-jail  'syslog' 'no' [Error 3]
2023-03-13 11:21:25 v-add-user-sftp-jail  'syslog' 'no' [Error 3]
2023-03-13 11:23:54 v-list-web-domain  'admin' 'domain' 'plain' [Error 3]
2023-03-13 11:23:55 v-list-web-domain  'admin' 'domain' 'plain' [Error 3]
2023-03-13 11:23:55 v-add-web-domain  'admin' 'domain' '12.34.56.78' [Error 2]

[jaapmarcus]

Check /var/log/hestia/error.log

Make sure that you can accept cookies.

[eltinh]

checked the error.log as the log capture above, pls kindly advise... thx

[jaapmarcus]

And auth.log?

[Mel0ne]

Faced the same problem. Log files are clear. There is a feeling that some character or their sequence "breaks" the authorization. I have not been able to identify the pattern. After changing passwords 4-6 times, I managed to pick up "working".
For example, the password that "broke" my authorization: -Eb1fw_CXI_04JSkrYGVyoWkidAutDr9nA

[jaapmarcus]

Interesting one...

Can replicate it. What OS are you running at the moment?

[Mel0ne]

Interesting one...

Can replicate it. What OS are you running at the moment?

Debian 11, 5.10.0-21-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 5.10.162-1 (2023-01-21) x86_64 GNU/Linux

[Mel0ne]

I discovered this problem a month ago, but did not attach any importance to it because I worked from the terminal. Today it was required to use the web panel, and began to understand.

[jaapmarcus]

root@dev:/var/log/hestia# v-check-user-password admin "-Eb1fw_CXI_04JSkrYGVyoWkidAutDr9nA"
mkpasswd: invalid option -- 'E'
Try 'mkpasswd --help' for more information

mkpasswd "$password" "$salt"

To verify the password causes the issue

[Mel0ne]

root@dev:/var/log/hestia# v-check-user-password admin "-Eb1fw_CXI_04JSkrYGVyoWkidAutDr9nA"
mkpasswd: invalid option -- 'E'
Try 'mkpasswd --help' for more information

mkpasswd "$password" "$salt"

To verify the password causes the issue

Great. In this case, the check for the presence of "-" and "--" at the beginning of the password is missing.

[jaapmarcus]

There is no reason to block the use of -- or - in passwords..

export PASS="$password" SALT="$shadow"
hash=$(python3 -c 'import crypt, os; print(crypt.crypt(os.getenv("PASS"), os.getenv("SALT")))');

This works fine only need to verify if python(3) is installed ...

[jaapmarcus]

Have created a PR to use python3 instead of mkpasswd...

[eltinh]

need to use python3 to change password on Hestia server??

[jaapmarcus]

No