From 93015c3b5501015bcb32b5481c0e05c52586eda3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "CanbiZ (MickLesk)" <47820557+MickLesk@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2026 16:02:02 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix(ente): emails are encrypted in DB, query first user_id
 instead

Museum encrypts emails before storing (encrypted_email column).
Cannot query by plaintext email. Instead select the first user_id
which is the admin user created during first-start setup.
---
 install/ente-install.sh | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/install/ente-install.sh b/install/ente-install.sh
index a2211ba4..f21dbdd0 100644
--- a/install/ente-install.sh
+++ b/install/ente-install.sh
@@ -357,9 +357,9 @@ fi
 
 DB_NAME="$(grep -A4 '^db:' /opt/ente/server/museum.yaml | awk '/name:/{print $2}')"
 DB_PASS="$(grep -A5 '^db:' /opt/ente/server/museum.yaml | awk '/password:/{print $2}')"
-USER_ID=$(PGPASSWORD="$DB_PASS" psql -h 127.0.0.1 -U ente -d "$DB_NAME" -tAc "SELECT user_id FROM users WHERE email='$EMAIL' LIMIT 1;")
+USER_ID=$(PGPASSWORD="$DB_PASS" psql -h 127.0.0.1 -U ente -d "$DB_NAME" -tAc "SELECT user_id FROM users ORDER BY user_id LIMIT 1;")
 if [ -z "$USER_ID" ]; then
-    echo "Error: No user found with email $EMAIL"
+    echo "Error: No users found in database."
     echo "Make sure you created and verified the account via the web UI first."
     exit 1
 fi