From 8967c0b7e38e7d261e56df07654df05cf303e2e6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sir106 <sir106@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2026 18:24:36 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] The single quotes in the example are misleading. Users
 enclose their actual password in quotes, which results in the literal quote
 characters being included in the generated password. We need to replace
 'password' with <YOUR_PASSWORD> to prevent this.

---
 Enabling-admin-page.md | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Enabling-admin-page.md b/Enabling-admin-page.md
index 9c59a1e..ad8e10c 100644
--- a/Enabling-admin-page.md
+++ b/Enabling-admin-page.md
@@ -56,11 +56,11 @@ You can also use the `argon2` command available on most Linux distros.
 
 ```bash
 # Using the Bitwarden defaults
-echo -n 'MySecretPassword' | argon2 "$(openssl rand -base64 32)" -e -id -k 65540 -t 3 -p 4
+echo -n <YOUR_PASSWORD> | argon2 "$(openssl rand -base64 32)" -e -id -k 65540 -t 3 -p 4
 # Output: $argon2id$v=19$m=65540,t=3,p=4$bXBGMENBZUVzT3VUSFErTzQzK25Jck1BN2Z0amFuWjdSdVlIQVZqYzAzYz0$T9m73OdD2mz9+aJKLuOAdbvoARdaKxtOZ+jZcSL9/N0
 
 # Using the OWASP minimum recommended settings
-echo -n 'MySecretPassword' | argon2 "$(openssl rand -base64 32)" -e -id -k 19456 -t 2 -p 1
+echo -n <YOUR_PASSWORD> | argon2 "$(openssl rand -base64 32)" -e -id -k 19456 -t 2 -p 1
 # Output: $argon2id$v=19$m=19456,t=2,p=1$cXpKdUxHSWhlaUs1QVVsSStkbTRPQVFPSmdpamFCMHdvYjVkWTVKaDdpYz0$E1UgBKjUCD2Roy0jdHAJvXihugpG+N9WcAaR8P6Qn/8
 ```
 
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ If you have configured your Vaultwarden via the `/admin` page, you should paste
 
 <img width="831" height="63" alt="image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/52bf60df-1880-41b2-aab7-eac9982f7505" />
 
-After you set the PHC string, you can login by using the password you have used to generate the PHC string, e.g. `MySecretPassword` in the example above to login. 
+After you set the PHC string, you can login by using the password you have used to generate the PHC string, e.g. <YOUR_PASSWORD> in the example above to login. 
 
 > [!NOTE]
 If you can enter the whole `$argon2id$…` PHC string as an admin password you are probably using an outdated version of Vaultwarden that does not support argon2id yet. Make sure you are using at least the [latest version](https://github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden/releases/latest).