[Mediawiki-l] change password

[Matt Long]

worked perfectly! thanks.. wonder why searching the web for this came up 
empty.
Matt

Christensen, Courtney wrote:
> You can the changePassword maintenance script.
>
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> [mailto:mediawiki-l-bounces at lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Matt Long
> Sent: Friday, August 08, 2008 10:47 AM
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> Subject: [Mediawiki-l] change password
>
> Hello I was trying to change a user password and now that users pass is 
> not working
> mw: 1.13rc1
> mysql: 5
>
> i ran:
> UPDATE user SET user_password = MD5(CONCAT(user_id, '6', MD5('test'))) 
> WHERE user_name = 'Testuser';
> in a mysql commandline. which said that 1 field was updated. However now
>
> i can't login with the new or old password.
> What can i do?
>
> Thanks,
> Matt
>
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