# Node Red Authentication PW Hash issue

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-authentication-pw-hash-issue/3472>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [26 September 2018 19:27 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-authentication-pw-hash-issue/3472 "2018-09-26T19:27:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Colin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/colin/32/17040_2.png) [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)\
**Post date:** [18 March 2019 16:26 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-authentication-pw-hash-issue/3472/21 "2019-03-18T16:26:01Z")

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> [@MarcoPiscopia](#):
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> why there are 2 settings.js

Where is the other one?

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**Author:** ![MarcoPiscopia](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/marcopiscopia/32/6322_2.png) [@MarcoPiscopia](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/MarcoPiscopia)\
**Post date:** [18 March 2019 16:53 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-authentication-pw-hash-issue/3472/22 "2019-03-18T16:53:02Z")

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one is in

pi@Raspberry:/home/pi/.node-red/

and the other in

pi@Raspberry:/usr/lib/node\_modules/node-red/

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**Author:** ![Colin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/colin/32/17040_2.png) [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)\
**Post date:** [18 March 2019 17:07 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-authentication-pw-hash-issue/3472/23 "2019-03-18T17:07:13Z")

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> [@MarcoPiscopia](#):
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> pi@Raspberry:/usr/lib/node\_modules/node-red/

That one is the default that is provided when you install node-red. When you first run node-red that is copied into your working folder (/home/pi/.node-red in your case) for you to adjust as necessary.

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**Author:** ![MarcoPiscopia](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/marcopiscopia/32/6322_2.png) [@MarcoPiscopia](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/MarcoPiscopia)\
**Post date:** [18 March 2019 18:48 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-authentication-pw-hash-issue/3472/24 "2019-03-18T18:48:57Z")

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thank you for clarification

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**Author:** ![CybrPimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@CybrPimp](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/CybrPimp)\
**Post date:** [25 January 2021 17:49 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-authentication-pw-hash-issue/3472/25 "2021-01-25T17:49:41Z")

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Hey People having this type of behavior. I had a problem that sounds just like this and I found the problem to be I needed to logout to release the token.

It would just login.

Here is a thread to help those who need to solve this issue.

> [@Enable User Auth to Editor, custom Password hash not working](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/enable-user-auth-to-editor-custom-password-hash-not-working/39702/3):
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> Thanks bro!! that was the issue! Updating another thread you were on that point to this solutions as well... Thanks for your time & contribution!

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