Perhaps there is a better way, but we use phpMyAdmin to insert a new record in the mw_user table, then tell the user to type in their name and click "send me a new password."
You need only enter the user_name and user_email fields using this technique.
---------------- [Organic agriculture] is not one that uses certain methods and substances and avoids others; it is a farm whose structure is formed in imitation of the structure of a natural system; it has the integrity, the independence, and the benign dependence of an organism. -- Wendell Berry :::: Jan Steinman, EcoReality Co-op ::::
On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 8:45 AM, Jan Steinman Jan@bytesmiths.com wrote:
Even easier than that is going to the registration form, typing in the user's name and e-mail address, and click "Register by e-mail."
-Chad
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