What is the password for jenkins user under MACOSX?

Question

I\'m trying to create a CI for iOS (iPhone and iPad) using TestFlight, Jenkings, GitHub, Sonar... I downloaded the macosx jenkings package/wizard. It seems it created a user for

Answer 1

If I remember correctly, it's not set by default (empty).

Read this article (how to change password in OS X from command line): http://osxdaily.com/2011/09/19/change-password-mac-os-x-10-7-lion-without-knowing-current-password/

Answer 2

A Default password location is changed in the latest version of Jenkins.

sudo cat /Users/Shared/Jenkins/Home/secrets/initialAdminPassword

Answer 3

I always use sudo su jenkins - to work as the Jenkins user on the command line, this should also work on a Mac. Then you don't need the password at all.

I don't have my MacBook with me to tests this now, but on my current linux server the jenkins user was created with shell /bin/false. I changed the shell in /etc/passwd to /bin/bash, after that I could login with su as the Jenkins user to setup ssh-keys, etc...

Answer 4

You can find the initial password here /Users/{username}/.jenkins/secrets/initialAdminPassword

Answer 5

cat /Users/[username]/.jenkins/secrets/initialAdminPassword

Answer 6

No password is set by default for user jenkins. You need to set it up by executing sudo passwd jenkins