Web access to the settings file

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1

While Sean was helping me I got stuck.

<IP address>:1880/settings
(edited for clarity)

Unauthorized

How do I get to that page then? There IS a password set on NR.

2

I just tested on a nodered system without security and got a page showing settings just fine.
I tried on a system with passwords enabled, and got the same result you have; unauthorized.

It seems to me to be locked out on passworded instances.

Not sure that helps you much, but I'd say your system isn't broken...