hi,all
I have a question of how to reset MediaWiki password without email.I
post it in stackoverflow, but maybe it is be better asked here.
We set up a MediaWiki server for organizing docs.One of our customers
forget his password.We need to reset the password for him.
In the MediaWiki docs
<http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Resetting_passwords> ,there are three
ways to do it:
First is to reset by email. Since we do not have a mail server,we can't
done with it.
Second is using changePassword.php, we try it. But we found other account
can be changed successfully,but not this account. After the script runs,
the new password is still not working.
Third is using direct database modification,since our version is 1.22.
still other account can be changed, but not this account. After update the
database,the user cannot login in with new password. sql as foolow:
UPDATEuserSET user_password = CONCAT(':B:somesalt:',
MD5(CONCAT('somesalt-', MD5('somepass')))) WHERE user_name =
'someuser';
We have no idea why is this happen? Will be MediaWiki bug? Is there any log
that I can check? Is anyone have a idea?
thank you very much!
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All the Best!
Li Tongjie