stephenhiggins Posted March 10, 2006 Posted March 10, 2006 Hi, I've forgotten my admin login details, If anyone can tell me how I can retrieve them, I'd appreciate it, Cheers
stephenhiggins Posted March 10, 2006 Author Posted March 10, 2006 I've searched the forums, with no luck. There is a .htpasswords folder on my server for osCommerce admin, but the login details in it don't work. If anyone can help I'd be very grateful, Thanks in advance, Stephen
HSMagic Posted March 10, 2006 Posted March 10, 2006 You could ask the host to reset the password for you.. or delete/rename .htpasswords to remove the protection. (I think that works)
satish Posted March 10, 2006 Posted March 10, 2006 Hi, I've forgotten my admin login details, If anyone can tell me how I can retrieve them, I'd appreciate it, Cheers There is .htacess file in your folder.Now download and you will find path where the pwd file is. If you do have acess to that pwd file you will be able to make out for the user name and that might help you in recalling password. Also if you do have access to control panel then thru that you cancontrol the access. Still if not done I suggest you to delete admin .htaccess and then add a contribution that controls this admin matter thru DB. Satish Mantri Ask/Skype for Free osCommerce value addon/SEO suggestion tips for your site. Check My About US For who am I and what My company does.
custodian Posted March 10, 2006 Posted March 10, 2006 Do you have command line interface with your account? If you do this is easily fixed. The .htpasswords is the file the .htaccess file in your admin read from (typically). To make sure it is the correc one, as suggested, download the .htaccess file in your /admin dir (using ftp), open it and look at the path to the .htpasswords is has set in it. For quick access you can delete or rename the .htaccess, though this will leave you admin wide open to the public. If you have command line access, then run the following command [Note this will completely over write the old password file] Structure is Password File Location + User to give access to + Password You do not want this to be in the public space. example: my web site directory would look like /home/henry/public_html so I would do this htpasswd -c /home/henry Henry MyPassWordThatIWant In side the .htaccess file located in the /admin dir would contain the followign (using the above example) AuthType Basic AuthName "Restricted Files" AuthBasicProvider file AuthUserFile /home/henry/.htpasswords Require user Henry As a side note, you do not need to name the .htpasswords with a . in front if you do not wish to. Though th .htaccess must have the . in front. The password file can be named anythign as long you are consistant with using the same name Any questions, just ask. My Contributions Henry Smith
stephenhiggins Posted March 13, 2006 Author Posted March 13, 2006 Thats great, achieved it through my contol panel. Thanks for the help, Steve
Guest Posted April 4, 2006 Posted April 4, 2006 I have this same problem.. but my admin isnt protected by the host.. its a seperate login page.. how do i find that info? thanks
satish Posted April 5, 2006 Posted April 5, 2006 I have this same problem.. but my admin isnt protected by the host.. its a seperate login page.. how do i find that info? thanks In oscommerce there is no page to protect admin.It is thru an htacess file which is cretaed by using cpanel password protect directory or by manually uploading some files. Unless you have modified code. Satish Ask/Skype for Free osCommerce value addon/SEO suggestion tips for your site. Check My About US For who am I and what My company does.
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