Hi Ken,
this might be old info, but about 6 months ago this worked for me:
update user set user_password=md5(concat(user_id,'-',md5('newpassword'))) where user_name='wikiadmin';
After that you should be able to log in with the wikiadmin account and the new password.
Cheers, JP
Ken McDonald wrote:
Due no doubt to a mistake on my part, I know find that the user name and p/w I thought I'd specified for the wiki admin during setup weren't actually what went through. There is an account called "wikiadmin", so perhaps I somehow submitted the defaults.
In any case, could someone please explain, or direct me to instructions, to change the wiki admin account name and password? I have full access to both the server and the wiki DB. Surely someone has lost or forgotten their password before :-)
Let's hope this is the last installation goof on my part, Ken _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l@Wikimedia.org http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l