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help! I forgot my password!

Posted: 22 Jul 2011, 03:27
by reina
Hello!

I finally did what I was most afraid of... I forgot my admin password... :(
Is there any way to retrieve it?
I have access to the ftp and all..

Thanks in advance..

Re: help! I forgot my password!

Posted: 22 Jul 2011, 05:23
by Artur
1. Go to site: http://sha1-hash-online.waraxe.us/
2. In window on this site, write your new password, and press "Calculate Hash"
3. Open file: iv-config/users.php
4. Find line: ['user_name']['password'] = 'f3c4d57148ca891f22d07118ed0a17b3b8e0a912'; (where f3c4d57148ca891f22d07118ed0a17b3b8e0a912 is your old password hash), change old password hash to new generated on Hash Calculator site,
5. Save file
6. Enjoy! :)

Re: help! I forgot my password!

Posted: 22 Jul 2011, 06:21
by mjau-mjau
reina wrote:I finally did what I was most afraid of... I forgot my admin password... :(
Is there any way to retrieve it?
I have access to the ftp and all..
Easiest solution would be to log in to FTP, and delete the file iv-config/users.php. After deleting this file, you can log in to your admin with admin/admin, and change your password to something you remember.

Re: help! I forgot my password!

Posted: 22 Jul 2011, 06:49
by Artur
Of course :oops: :P , I don't know why sometimes easiest solutions are so difficult to find :lol:

Re: help! I forgot my password!

Posted: 22 Jul 2011, 07:05
by reina
Thanks a lot!

Interesting approach Artur - I'm still glad there was an easier one! :)