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title: "Where do I find an add-on's first password?"
url: "https://forum.qnap.net.pl/threads/where-do-i-find-an-add-ons-first-password.46297/"
thread_id: 46297
date: "2026-11-11"
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# Where do I find an add-on's first password?

> Source: <https://forum.qnap.net.pl/threads/where-do-i-find-an-add-ons-first-password.46297/> · FAQ · Forum QNAP Polska · 2026-11-11

**Symptoms**

- You installed an add-on with its own login (Gopeed, autobrr, Soulseek, IRC or Linkwarden), and its page asks for a password you never set.

**Cause**
These add-ons create their own login during installation or first start, with a generated password. Each one writes the login to the QNAP System Logs and to `first-run.txt` in its `var/log` folder. If an add-on finds an existing account, it does not create another one.

**Resolution**

1. Open the QNAP System Logs (Control Panel → System Logs) and look for the add-on's line:

- 2. Rtorrent 16 Gopeed: the line starts with `Rtorrent 16 Gopeed first-run login:`, user `admin`.
3. Rtorrent 16 autobrr: `Rtorrent-autobrr:`, user `admin`.
4. Soulseek (slskd): `slskd:`, user `slskd`.
5. IRC (soju + The Lounge): `rtorrent16-irc:`, user `admin`, one password for the web client and the bouncer.
6. Linkwarden: `linkwarden:`, user `linkwarden`.
- Or read the file over SSH, for example `/usr/bin/Rtorrent16-Gopeed/var/log/first-run.txt`. For the other add-ons, the folder is `Rtorrent-autobrr`, `slskd`, `rtorrent16-irc` or `linkwarden`.
- Gopeed and IRC also show the login in the panel. Gopeed: on the **Add torrent** page, press **show** next to **Web login (admin)** in the **Browser integration** card. IRC: the **IRC** page shows it under **First-run login**.
- Sign in and change the password in the add-on.

**Notice & Advise**

- Search, FlareSolverr, Telegram and WhatsApp have no login of their own. They respond only on the NAS itself and are used through the panel.
- Gopeed also accepts your Rtorrent 16 login or a NAS account.

Ref. links:
[Rtorrent 16 guide: Optional packages](https://pub.qnaputilities.com/rtorrent16/demo/guides/?g=addons)

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