# How to set the root user password for Peertube
**URL:** https://forum.yunohost.org/t/how-to-set-the-root-user-password-for-peertube/26162
**Category:** Support apps
**Tags:** english
**Created:** [August 29, 2023, 4:04pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/how-to-set-the-root-user-password-for-peertube/26162 "2023-08-29T16:04:44Z")
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### Author:  [@sonsofliberty](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/sonsofliberty)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2023, 4:04pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/how-to-set-the-root-user-password-for-peertube/26162/1 "2023-08-29T16:04:44Z")
Peertube has a very strange system for creating the password for the admin user and unfortunately it doesn’t work.
This command will allow you to set the root password and log in.
`cd /var/www/peertube && NODE_CONFIG_DIR=/var/www/peertube/config NODE_ENV=production npm run reset-password -- -u root`
Keep in mind that you won’t actually see any characters appearing on the screen as you type the password. You won’t even get a representation of each character.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2023, 4:05pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/how-to-set-the-root-user-password-for-peertube/26162/2 "2023-09-13T16:05:14Z")
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