Config username/password changes not being recognized by rebooted Syncthing

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I went to the config.xml file and changed the username and password:

was:

<gui enabled="true" tls="false" debugging="false" sendBasicAuthPrompt="false">
        <address>192.168.1.130:8384</address>
        <user>edthewino@gmail.com</user>
        <password>$2a$10$HAsR0lkU2RkhtlccRqNUdu.KDyKUktREhtyaGyQxzZbSpHgzZFfne</password>
        <apikey>NTMhmamGi9sZn5CWGCc3ZqYCsGZChizK</apikey>
        <theme>dark</theme>

changed to:

<gui enabled="true" tls="false" debugging="false" sendBasicAuthPrompt="false">
        <address>192.168.1.130:8384</address>
        <user>ed</user>
        <password>ed</password>
        <apikey>NTMhmamGi9sZn5CWGCc3ZqYCsGZChizK</apikey>
        <theme>dark</theme>

It will not recognize my new password & username nor reverting back it will not respond to the old password & username. Does this mean something is corrupted or a reinstall is necessary? What other avenues are available short of a reinstall? thanks… Mister Ed

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Can always first try to just remove the <user> and <password> elements, so you can reach the GUI without authentication. Followed by setting the username and password again via the GUI.

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You can’t set a plaintext password in the config file like that, it needs to be a hash. You can remove it from the config and set it via the gui, or you can set it from the cli using the generate command.

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Are you saying just make those field entries blank:

<user></user>
 <password></password>

???

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When you say remove do you mean:

 <address>192.168.1.130:8384</address>
        <user></user>
        <password></password>

or:

 <address>192.168.1.130:8384</address>

I don’t need a password/username for this setup. So just getting rid of it is the probably the best solution.

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10-4… deleted from config & used GUI to set new credentials… thank you…

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