I have followed the password recovery instructions on the Authentication page and also in various community posts.
I take the SD card plug it into my Linux box and browse to /hassos-data/supervisor/homeassistant/.storage
At first I removed the Auth* files, onboarding and hassio files. There was no cloud.
Pluged the SD card back in and booted.
After this I got the onboarding web page on connecvting and could create a new account, but kept on getting back to the onboarding page asking for new account creation.
So I looked in a few files and noticed that it was creating a duplicate in the person file, so I have deleted that as well.
But still no access, only a create new account screen.
Is there anything I am missing or that I could try rather than a new install?
Thank you for any help.
Regards,
Chris.
Solved!!
After doing the above and rebooting a few times I had no luck.
I then switched it off for a day in frustration. When I started it again it then asked me to log in at last.
Not sure why previous reboots took me to the onboarding account creation page. But I now have a logged in owner account again !!