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Topic: Can’t Remember Admin Password

Posted By: strez4prez
Subject: Can’t Remember Admin Password
Date Posted: 09 November 2005 at 11:53pm

Hello,

I reset my admin password a while ago and now I cannot remember what it is. This is for the forums. I originally knew it then made my mods to it, but now I am ready to use it live and can't remember what I changed it to.

If anyone out there can help, I would be greatly apprecited.

Thanks in advance.

Strez

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Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 10 November 2005 at 4:14am

You need to download a fresh copy of the forum, then open the database and from the table tblAuthor copy and paste the 'Password' and 'Salt' value from the admin entry to your own database. This will tehn reset the password.

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Posted By: strez4prez
Date Posted: 10 November 2005 at 7:55am

i did attemtp that, which was real easy to perform..thanks. But when i go to sign on, it just goes to a "page not displayed" window.

Any suggestions?

By the way boRg, thanks for your help!

strez

Posted By: dj air
Date Posted: 10 November 2005 at 8:20am

when you say 'page can not be found' page

what error is it is it a 404 or 500,

please make sure http friendly error messages are turned off and let us know the reason error if there is one. else try re uploding the files it maybe corrupt.

Posted By: strez4prez
Date Posted: 10 November 2005 at 9:02am

I am getting the "500" Internal Server Error.

Also I noticed that when I use FTP to try to bring down a backup of the forum down to my local drive, I get an error. If something is corrupt, do I have to rebuild my whole entire site?

Posted By: dj air
Date Posted: 10 November 2005 at 9:12am

can you turn off http friendly error messages and paste the actual error message here.

has it ever worked before, it maybe the database what database version are you using?

what error do you get when you ftp the back up?

Posted By: strez4prez
Date Posted: 10 November 2005 at 9:41am

this is what i gert when I turn off user friendly messages...

Microsoft JET Database Engine error '80040e09'

Cannot update. Database or object is read-only.

/forum/login_user.asp, line 171

Yes, it did work before. and to answer about the ftp error, not sure, i ahve to wait for that one becasue I am not a PC w/ FTP configured on it. Thaks agin for your help.

Posted By: dj air
Date Posted: 10 November 2005 at 9:45am

ok, the user_Code is changed on login and it looks like the database is in a folder that is read only and therefore it cant update the user_Code field.

you need ot make sure the database is within a folder with read,write and modify permissions. also make sure the database has the same.

Posted By: strez4prez
Date Posted: 10 November 2005 at 9:50am

ok i will try that, but wont it be vunerable and wide open with those permissions set?

Posted By: dj air
Date Posted: 10 November 2005 at 9:53am

just have the database folder not read only. also most hosts allow for a private directory above the root folder for Access databases

Posted By: strez4prez
Date Posted: 10 November 2005 at 12:12pm

DJ,

It is still not working even after I tried what you said. I am going to upload a new copy and start over.

All I did was change the color of the title bars and put my logo on top.

Which files do I need to save or copy over so I do not lose the work I already did? I cant remember becasue its been a few months since I touched this last.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Strez