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    • Posted 2 years ago #

    Hi

    I have seen similar forum items but none that completely answer my questions.

    I know my username to login to my forum 'HappyBod' but not my password (I dont remember setting one???)

    I cannot reset password because it says "The email containing the password reset link could not be sent.".

    I installed the smpt plugin but do not know what settings to put in the file!

    Basically all I want to do is login to my forum admin. Is there anyway to reset my password other than through the password recovery?

    Thanks

    • Posted 2 years ago #

    if you have FTP access you can rename the smpt plugin folder to deactivate it and then try the lost password link again.

    • Posted 2 years ago #

    You can open phpmyadmin and manually alterate the database table changing "user_pass" to a well-know value.

    • Posted 2 years ago #

    @gerikg "if you have FTP access you can rename the smpt plugin folder to deactivate it and then try the lost password link again. "
    this did not work

    @zaerl You can open phpmyadmin and manually alterate the database table changing "user_pass" to a well-know value.

    I did this, changing user_pass to "password" (nce and simple) and it still does not like my password. I changed the user_login and that worked, it accepted the new login, but for some reason it doesn't like new password (or old one).

    • Posted 2 years ago #

    In phpMyAdmin, don't just enter the value of user_pass as it is. Select md5 as function. bbPress will change the password phrase by using phpass when you login.
    http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/6429/201005011126.png

    • Posted 2 years ago #

    Oh Thank you so much ashfame, it worked!!!

    Cheers!
    kathryn

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