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Hi all!

I have a huge problem, I inherited a forum as an admin but have no admin access due to lost username and password. Can't recover it from the previous admin as he is literally dead...
I have a full access to the database and so on. How do I reset the admin login and paswword?

Thanks in advance

Run this query in phpMyAdmin:

UPDATE `mybb_users` SET `password` = '098f6bcd4621d373cade4e832627b4f6', `salt` = '' WHERE `uid` = '1';

Change your UID if it's not 1. Login with the password as test and then change it.

Thanks

how did you generate this encrypted password 098f6bcd4621d373cade4e832627b4f6

which is "test" in plain text

i want to generate please help

(2010-06-18, 03:26 PM)netjockey Wrote: [ -> ]how did you generate this encrypted password 098f6bcd4621d373cade4e832627b4f6

which is "test" in plain text

i want to generate please help

He probably set the password of his account to "test" and looked in the database?

Or he searched MD5 encrypter on google and typed test in