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titleStep STEP 1 - : Open the terminal program

If you need help doing this then:

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titleStep STEP 2 - : /Applications/IguanaX.app/Contents/MacOS/iguana --reset_admin_user

This is the command to type in:

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/Applications/IguanaX.app/Contents/MacOS/iguana --reset_admin_user

This will reset your password. This is what you might expect to see:

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titleStep STEP 3 - : Restart your Iguana server

This will restart the IguanaX server from the command line:

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/Applications/IguanaX.app/Contents/MacOS/iguana --service install

Alternatively right click on this link:

Macos Mac OS - Stopping Stop and starting Start Iguana

for instructions on stopping and starting your IguanaX server.

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titleStep STEP 4 - : Login with username 'admin' and new password

When the login prompt comes up you should be able to login with admin and the newly generated password.

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titleHow did this actually work?

Most MacOS users install Iguana in the /Applications folder. Ever wondered what one of these pretty icons is under the hood? If you are curious, right click and view:

Macos - The IguanaX Package Application Directory for MacOS.

On MacOS when you see a pretty application icon in that folder, it’s actually a hidden directory called IguanaX.app which you can go inside.

The instructions given above meant that we went inside that folder and invoked the program file that is Iguana to change the password to “temp”.

What happens if you installed somewhere else other than Applications?

Then you will need to enter the path slightly differently altering the part of the path in the red box: