Help - forgotten my admin password

[jeffd]

I have not logged on for ages and have forgotten my admin password - can anyone help me please?

[Darklings]

you'll need to give us some more info in order to get a good reply,

 

for example - how is the password been set up? a .htaccess/.htpasswd? (thats an easy one, just override the .htpasswd with a new generated password)

- is it been setup trought your hosting? then its prob the same as the above..

- or did you use a contribution to protect your admin? (then it would be nice to know what contribution so people with the same contrib or the maker of it can respond to you)

 

Kind Regards,

Tom

[jeffd]

you'll need to give us some more info in order to get a good reply,

 

for example - how is the password been set up? a .htaccess/.htpasswd? (thats an easy one, just override the .htpasswd with a new generated password)

- is it been setup trought your hosting? then its prob the same as the above..

- or did you use a contribution to protect your admin? (then it would be nice to know what contribution so people with the same contrib or the maker of it can respond to you)

 

Kind Regards,

Tom

 

 

It was set-up for me .. and the admin chap (freelancer) has disappeared from face of earth - totally lost as how it was set-up

[Darklings]

But you have ftp access i hope? can you see if there is a .htpasswd in your root folder?

And how does the login looks like? is it a box that popsup (windows alike) where you have to type in?

or is there a inputbox in your admin (html alike) where you have to submit?

 

 

Kind Regards

Tom

[jeffd]

But you have ftp access i hope? can you see if there is a .htpasswd in your root folder?

And how does the login looks like? is it a box that popsup (windows alike) where you have to type in?

or is there a inputbox in your admin (html alike) where you have to submit?

Kind Regards

Tom

 

 

I can see an inputbox in admin (html alike) where I have to submit

 

So i type in www.mystore.com/admin

 

and a pop up box asks for

 

Name: admin

Password: can't remember

 

I cannot see any sign of a .htpasswd looking via ftp

 

thanks for your help so far

[jeffd]

I can see an inputbox in admin (html alike) where I have to submit

 

So i type in www.mystore.com/admin

 

and a pop up box asks for

 

Name: admin

Password: can't remember

 

I cannot see any sign of a .htpasswd looking via ftp

 

thanks for your help so far

 

 

Very stuck here - any help to recover my password would be most aprpeciated - thank you

[dahui]

Very stuck here - any help to recover my password would be most aprpeciated - thank you

 

may I pop in here as I do understand that some ftpprograms do not show the htacess file due to settings or generally

 

I think the best way is to use your webspace providers cp-panel. not knowing if what yr environment looks like.

 

so who hosts yr site? do you have access to a controlpanel, not for osc, for yr webspace/webpack/vps/dedicated server ? if you have access to any control panel, than please post here which , if not please contact yr host to regain access to yr cp

 

dahui

[jeffd]

may I pop in here as I do understand that some ftpprograms do not show the htacess file due to settings or generally

 

I think the best way is to use your webspace providers cp-panel. not knowing if what yr environment looks like.

 

so who hosts yr site? do you have access to a controlpanel, not for osc, for yr webspace/webpack/vps/dedicated server ? if you have access to any control panel, than please post here which , if not please contact yr host to regain access to yr cp

 

dahui

 

 

I can see all my files in the OS directories both via Remote Desktop to my server and also via FTP - but cannot fathom out what to do next?

[dahui]

I can see all my files in the OS directories both via Remote Desktop to my server and also via FTP - but cannot fathom out what to do next?

 

ok but that is remote desktop and ftp, what about accessing yr 'weppack' controlpanel, I mean the place where you make general settings to yr domain, independend of OSC?

[jeffd]

ok but that is remote desktop and ftp, what about accessing yr 'weppack' controlpanel, I mean the place where you make general settings to yr domain, independend of OSC?

 

Yes I can access my control panel also :-)

[dahui]

Yes I can access my control panel also :-)

 

fine what kind is it? e.g. plesk, ensim, confixx, or ...?

 

anyway find an option for yr domain to set password restriction for directories, in there either change the user's password you find that hass access to yr admin folder

 

thats it

 

dahui

[dreamingdigital]

I have a host that hides .htaccess and .htpasswd files via ftp. The way to see them is to login with MacOSX Terminal or Windows Command Prompt.

 

Launch the terminal / command prompt program.

 

Here's an example of what to do.

 

C:\ftp

ftp> open mywebsite.com

Connected to mywebsite.com

220 ProFTPD 1.2.9 Server (bla bla ignore this line)

User (mywebsite.com:(none)): myusername

331 Password required for myusername

Password: *******

230: User myusername logged in.

ftp> cd /

250 command successful.

ftp> cd path/to/your/oscommerce/catalog/admin

250 CWD command successful.

ftp> ls -a

200 PORT command successful

150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for file list

.

..

.htaccess

bla.jpg

blabla.php

226 Transfer complete.

ftp: 1605 bytes received in 0.70Seconds

ftp>get .htaccess

ftp>delete .htaccess

ftp>exit

 

 

now your .htaccess file will be downloaded to the directory you started in on your computer: C:\ open it up and see the part where it says where your .htpasswd file is. Do the steps as above and download it and then delete it from the server. Now you can start fresh and password protect the way you want. I suggest doing the .htaccess and .htpasswd thing again but make a user/password you can remember. This web site: http://www.flash.net/cgi-bin/pw.pl will help you create the .htpasswd file. You can now use your regular FTP program to put the files back. It just won't show up once transferred, but it's actually there. If you don't know the path/to/my/catalog/admin use your FTP program at the same time so you can see visually. Usually hosts allow up to 3 ftp connections for the same user at once.

 

Again, those prompts without the display stuff are:

 

ftp

open yourwebsite.com

myusername

mypassword

cd /

cd path/to/my/catalog/admin

ls -a

get .htaccess

delete .htaccess

exit

 

 

Have fun! Now you know.... and you can look "cool" to all your buddies using the black and white terminal / command prompt window...hacker!

 

COLIN