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Note about bearer tokens (#6215)

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* Note about bearer tokens

Given that there's zero documentation about those warnings, and it comes up many times a day, time to document *something* about them.

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DubhAd 2018-09-10 11:40:31 +01:00 committed by Franck Nijhof
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## {% linkable_title Troubleshooting %}
### {% linkable_title Bearer token warnings %}
Under the new authentication system you'll see the following warning logged when the [legacy API password](/docs/authentication/providers/#legacy-api-password) is supplied, but not configured in Home Assistant:
```txt
WARNING (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.http.auth] You need to use a bearer token to access /blah/blah from 192.0.2.4
```
If you see this, you need to add an [`api_password`](/components/http/#api_password) to your `http:` configuration.
### {% linkable_title Bearer token informational messages %}
If instead, you see the following, then this is a message for component developers, to tell them that they need to update how they authenticate to Home Assistant. As an end user you don't need to do anything:
```txt
INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.http.auth] You need to use a bearer token to access /blah/blah from 192.0.2.4
```
### {% linkable_title Lost owner password %}
While you should hopefully be storing your passwords in a password manager, if you lose the password associated with the owner account the only way to resolve this is to delete *all* the authentication data. You do this by shutting down Home Assistant and deleting the following files from the `.storage/` folder in your [configuration folder](https://www.home-assistant.io/docs/configuration/):