---
name: "gbrowse_set_admin_passwd"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "gbrowse"
version: "2.56+dfsg-12"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/gbrowse_set_admin_passwd"
---

# gbrowse\_set\_admin\_passwd(1)

Sets the administrator password for the GBrowse admin

## NAME

gbrowse\_setadmin\_passwd - Sets the administrator password for the GBrowse admin

## SYNOPSIS

**gbrowse\_create\_account \[-pass password -name user\]** *user Admin user name (default, admin)* *\[-pass password\] Password is not provided on the command line, you will be prompted for it on standard input*

## DESCRIPTION

This script uses the "user\_account\_db" and "admin\_account" options in the currently installed GBrowse.conf configuration file to find the appropriate accounts database and the name of the administrator. If a password is not provided on the command line, you will be prompted for it on standard input.\
 **WARNING:** This script should be run as the web server user using "sudo -u www-data $0". If it detects that it is not being run as this user, it will attempt to sudo itself for you.

## AUTHOR

Olivier Sallou (olivier.sallou (at) irisa.fr) - Man page and packaging Lincoln Stein - GBrowse