[Mediawiki-l] Resetting admin password, LDAP enabled

[Christensen, Courtney]

Hi Nina,

You can give admin privileges to the admin level LDAP groups.  You just need to add the privs you need to your LDAP config file.  

However, if you really want to get back in to your Wikiadmin account, it won't hurt anything to turn off your LDAP extension.  We have had to do that several times and have had no ill effects except confusing users.  

-Courtney


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From: mediawiki-l-bounces at lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:mediawiki-l-bounces at lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of McHale, Nina
Sent: Saturday, April 24, 2010 3:14 AM
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Subject: [Mediawiki-l] Resetting admin password, LDAP enabled


Hi, all,

When we first launched our wiki, I had users create their own accounts. I set an account, Wikiadmin, as a Bureaucrat and Sysop. Then, I implemented the LDAP login. Problem is, I can't remember that Wikiadmin account password now, and none of the password reset methods (using the changePassword.php script or directly editing it in MySQL) will work. The user Wikiadmin does not exist in our LDAP/AD environment-although we could create it-and stupidly, it was the only account to which I gave elevated permissions before setting up LDAP.

The only thing I can think of to try is to take off LDAP authentication temporarily, reset the Wikiadmin password, and then put LDAP back. I'm nervous about causing harm by doing this; thoughts?

Thanks in advance,

Nina
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