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chutney
 Post subject: retrieve admin password?
PostPosted: Mon Aug 29, 2005 7:35 pm 
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How do I retrieve my admin password?  I've looked in the mysql, but it's all gobbledy gook...
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chutney wrote:
How do I retrieve my admin password?  I've looked in the mysql, but it's all gobbledy gook...


it is scrambled with a one-way scramble function called MD5.

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PostPosted: Mon Aug 29, 2005 7:41 pm 
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Okay, but I still need to retrieve it.
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chutney wrote:
Okay, but I still need to retrieve it.


You'd better insert a new standard "admin" password, hold on....

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You can use phpMyAdmin to view & edit the mos_users table?

insert
21232f297a57a5a743894a0e4a801fc3
in the password field of the admin user.

it's the md5 result of the standard password "admin".

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PostPosted: Mon Aug 29, 2005 11:49 pm 
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 03, 2005 9:56 pm 
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Hello!

This sounds all good to me but I am afraid I don't know where in Joomla database I can find the place to enter this information???

Could anyone help me out a little? I am not sure how/where to find where to instert this? A short "step by step" would be most appreciated.

Thank you,

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PostPosted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 1:13 pm 
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Hi,

Just go to your cpanel and find pypmyadmin, databasetool. Connect to your joomla database and find the table "jos_users". Use the explore function on this table, you will find the first record for the admin account. Now use the edit function on that record, edit the password field. Save it and you are done.

I advice to make a backup before you do this.

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That worked spankingly good. I was just afraid of screwing things up in the admin part, so just needed to know that I was doing the absolute correct thing there. And it seems like I did just so now.... Whoopppie. Chaning now to a password I can actually remember... :-)

Thank you very much!!

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This does not appear to be working for me (I'm having the same issue) any other ideas?
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 06, 2005 6:03 am 
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Hi,

@ argash; what is your exact issue? different posters in here, so just making sure  ;) Give as much info as possible and I might be able to help. Explain the warning/error/issue, what you are doing, when it appears. Thanks.

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PostPosted: Thu Oct 06, 2005 1:01 pm 
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I tried the MD5 hash for "admin" but it didnt work but I made a new account and coppied the MD% hash over and it worked fine. not sure why I didnt think of that earlier
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what is a cpanl and how can i get one?
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 6:46 pm 
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hayleyrules wrote:
what is a cpanl and how can i get one?


see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CPanel
and http://www.cpanel.net/

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Hi all,

I still have problems - made a screenshot:

http://img182.imageshack.us/my.php?imag ... emssw7.jpg

Does anyone know how to reset a password? I have also tried this website: http://community.contractwebdevelopment ... n-password

But still sth is wrong
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aretai wrote:
Hi all,

I still have problems - made a screenshot:

http://img182.imageshack.us/my.php?imag ... emssw7.jpg

Does anyone know how to reset a password? I have also tried this website: http://community.contractwebdevelopment ... n-password

But still sth is wrong
Aretai


Just some short info - I am using Joomla 1.5 and it is a fresh install - I have input the password during installation, however when I have tried it later on it wasn't working then I tried to reset it.

Cheers,
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 03, 2008 11:46 pm 
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Quote:
You can use phpMyAdmin to view & edit the mos_users table?

insert
21232f297a57a5a743894a0e4a801fc3
in the password field of the admin user.

it's the md5 result of the standard password "admin".


Yep, Thanks allot...
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 6:28 am 
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Quote:
You can use phpMyAdmin to view & edit the mos_users table?

insert
21232f297a57a5a743894a0e4a801fc3
in the password field of the admin user.

it's the md5 result of the standard password "admin".


Thank you very much. I got my access back. Thanks for the help. Really appreciate
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In case this may help someone else, please see: http://docs.joomla.org/Administration_F ... assword.3F

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PostPosted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 8:37 pm 
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pe7er wrote:
You can use phpMyAdmin to view & edit the mos_users table?

insert
21232f297a57a5a743894a0e4a801fc3
in the password field of the admin user.

it's the md5 result of the standard password "admin".


Thanks, its works :)
But i have a question about the md5 pass in the pass field,in phpmyadmin,i have 2 sites, one have the similar pass like the above one(21232f297a57a5a743894a0e4a801fc3), but the other sites pass looks like this - c1dd895dd24e5b2fcfb372b77c8020a2:4f0kmBSEdC7UBycOoqGGTG9hZJig422X , im really noob about this things but its look like its doubled...or im wrong? and offcourse the passwords doenst working...i have 3 acounts and they are all dead...
P.S. sorry for my bad english, im hungarian :)
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Ok, i figured out...or i think that i have :)
I was looking for some code in the template, i got some problem with the newsflash on header, and there was a java script code in my templates index.php, something like document.write and a bunch of numbers and signs, im almoust n00b with these things but i know(i mean i was read somewhere about these things...:) ) what is document.write...so i checked out in the freshly downloaded Joomla!, the template what im using and that code was not there,i removed it and now its working properly, the passwords was not working again,i changed them :) oh yeah i almoust forget, my AV got blocked some site when i opened my home page, some viagra thing like troyan.bla(dont remember exactly) :) so i thought it would be ok to post this, just if anyone have some problem like this.
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I can't figure it out. I've gone to my phpmyadmin but I guess I don't know what I'm doing. I found the password...how do you edit it? Also, where do you back up everything? Here's a screenshot of where I'm at:

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I got it!!! After a closer look I found where to edit the pass....Thanks for the help guys!
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Here is a site where you can create the md5 hash of the password you want to use via the phpmyadmin panel when changing a password.

http://md5-hash-online.waraxe.us/

You simply type in the password you want to use and it will generate a md5 password that you can copy and paste into the password field.

(The above is just one of many md5 hash generators that you can find simply by Googling md5...)


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Please help me ! I'm still new at Joomla and learning. Today my login does not work. I don't understand any of what you are talking about, though I think I can figure it out.... I need to get into my website and can't. This is an emergency and I would appreciate any help that you can give me.

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Please help me ! I'm still new at Joomla and learning. Today my login does not work. I don't understand any of what you are talking about, though I think I can figure it out.... I need to get into my website and can't. This is an emergency and I would appreciate any help that you can give me.

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Documentation (+link to video tutorial) is available at:
http://docs.joomla.org/Beginners#How_to ... n_Password
and
http://docs.joomla.org/How_do_you_recov ... assword%3F

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Since I posted this request , my host GoDaddy has helped me to input a new password. Thank you I will go and check this out.......but

Now they are telling me to find the Joomla database connection string. They had me copy and paste a file that I am holding on note pad. I don't know where to go. I'm very hesitant to cut and paste anything.

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pe7er wrote:
insert
21232f297a57a5a743894a0e4a801fc3
in the password field of the admin user.

it's the md5 result of the standard password "admin".


I'm not sure why I didn't think of this, but thank you for a quick, accurate fix to save me from my mental breakdown!
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Rowby wrote:
Here is a site where you can create the md5 hash of the password you want to use via the phpmyadmin panel when changing a password.

http://md5-hash-online.waraxe.us/

Thanks! Very helpful.
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