Hi folks,
I cannot connect as sysop. While installing my wikisite, I created an account WikiSysop (porposed by mediawiki) with a password I wrote down on a paper, so I am sure of it. But later on, wiki tells me the password is wrong.
I deleted LocalSettings.php, I installed the site again and I indicated the same password. That changed nothing. When I try to connect as sysop and I ask to send me a new password, wiki tells me that sysop has no email account.
I tried with firefox and galeon.
So what can I do ?
cheers
Klaus
Am Dienstag, 8. Mai 2007 16:38 schrieb Klaus Becker:
Hi folks,
I cannot connect as sysop. While installing my wikisite, I created an account WikiSysop (porposed by mediawiki) with a password I wrote down on a paper, so I am sure of it. But later on, wiki tells me the password is wrong.
I deleted LocalSettings.php, I installed the site again and I indicated the same password. That changed nothing. When I try to connect as sysop and I ask to send me a new password, wiki tells me that sysop has no email account.
I tried with firefox and galeon.
So what can I do ?
cheers
Klaus
There really seems to be a problem with Sysop password. I tried a brand new installation of Mediawiki 1.9.3 on my computer, and I cannot connect as WikiSysop ! While searching on the web I see I am not the only one who has this problem.
The solution I found is :
UPDATE user SET user_password=md5(concat(user_id,'-',md5('mynewpassword'))) where user_name ='WikiSysop';
found several times, for example at http://troll.chemi.muni.cz/whitezone/development/charon/wiki/index.php/Help:...
how do I find the user_id for WikiSysop ? How to execute this command on Linux ? I suppose it is a mysql-command ?
Klaus
Am Dienstag, 8. Mai 2007 21:49 schrieb Klaus Becker:
Am Dienstag, 8. Mai 2007 16:38 schrieb Klaus Becker:
Hi folks,
I cannot connect as sysop. While installing my wikisite, I created an account WikiSysop (porposed by mediawiki) with a password I wrote down on a paper, so I am sure of it. But later on, wiki tells me the password is wrong.
I deleted LocalSettings.php, I installed the site again and I indicated the same password. That changed nothing. When I try to connect as sysop and I ask to send me a new password, wiki tells me that sysop has no email account.
I tried with firefox and galeon.
So what can I do ?
cheers
Klaus
There really seems to be a problem with Sysop password. I tried a brand new installation of Mediawiki 1.9.3 on my computer, and I cannot connect as WikiSysop ! While searching on the web I see I am not the only one who has this problem.
The solution I found is :
UPDATE user SET user_password=md5(concat(user_id,'-',md5('mynewpassword'))) where user_name ='WikiSysop';
found several times, for example at http://troll.chemi.muni.cz/whitezone/development/charon/wiki/index.php/Help :Contents
how do I find the user_id for WikiSysop ? How to execute this command on Linux ? I suppose it is a mysql-command ?
Klaus
Finally I found a trick to do it using phpmyadmin: in the table "user", I indicated an email-adress for WikiSysop and then I could ask for a new password and it works !
Klaus
For future reference, it's a command-line maintenance script; access it through the shell. http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:FAQ#How_do_I_reset_a_password.3F (Remember to make sure that AdminSettings.php has valid database information when you try to do this) There are a whole bunch of other such scripts that you'll probably need at some point (like upgrade.php), so you should familiarize yourself with them.
On 5/8/07, Klaus Becker colonius@free.fr wrote:
Am Dienstag, 8. Mai 2007 21:49 schrieb Klaus Becker:
Am Dienstag, 8. Mai 2007 16:38 schrieb Klaus Becker:
Hi folks,
I cannot connect as sysop. While installing my wikisite, I created an account WikiSysop (porposed by mediawiki) with a password I wrote down
on
a paper, so I am sure of it. But later on, wiki tells me the password
is
wrong.
I deleted LocalSettings.php, I installed the site again and I
indicated
the same password. That changed nothing. When I try to connect as
sysop
and I ask to send me a new password, wiki tells me that sysop has no email account.
I tried with firefox and galeon.
So what can I do ?
cheers
Klaus
There really seems to be a problem with Sysop password. I tried a brand
new
installation of Mediawiki 1.9.3 on my computer, and I cannot connect as WikiSysop ! While searching on the web I see I am not the only one who
has
this problem.
The solution I found is :
UPDATE user SET
user_password=md5(concat(user_id,'-',md5('mynewpassword')))
where user_name ='WikiSysop';
found several times, for example at
http://troll.chemi.muni.cz/whitezone/development/charon/wiki/index.php/Help
:Contents
how do I find the user_id for WikiSysop ? How to execute this command on Linux ? I suppose it is a mysql-command ?
Klaus
Finally I found a trick to do it using phpmyadmin: in the table "user", I indicated an email-adress for WikiSysop and then I could ask for a new password and it works !
Klaus
MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l@lists.wikimedia.org http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
There are instructions how to do this in the MediaWiki FAQ:
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:FAQ#How_do_I_reset_a_password.3F
Titoxd.
-----Original Message----- From: Klaus Becker [mailto:colonius@free.fr] Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2007 12:50 PM To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] sysop password
Am Dienstag, 8. Mai 2007 16:38 schrieb Klaus Becker:
Hi folks,
I cannot connect as sysop. While installing my wikisite, I created an account WikiSysop (porposed by mediawiki) with a password I wrote down on
a
paper, so I am sure of it. But later on, wiki tells me the password is wrong.
I deleted LocalSettings.php, I installed the site again and I indicated
the
same password. That changed nothing. When I try to connect as sysop and I ask to send me a new password, wiki tells me that sysop has no email account.
I tried with firefox and galeon.
So what can I do ?
cheers
Klaus
There really seems to be a problem with Sysop password. I tried a brand new installation of Mediawiki 1.9.3 on my computer, and I cannot connect as WikiSysop ! While searching on the web I see I am not the only one who has this problem.
The solution I found is :
UPDATE user SET user_password=md5(concat(user_id,'-',md5('mynewpassword'))) where user_name ='WikiSysop';
found several times, for example at http://troll.chemi.muni.cz/whitezone/development/charon/wiki/index.php/Help: Contents
how do I find the user_id for WikiSysop ? How to execute this command on Linux ? I suppose it is a mysql-command ?
Klaus
mediawiki-l@lists.wikimedia.org