forgotten admin area password

[georgyp]

hi there everyone,

can anyone please tell me how i can retrace my steps as i have forgotten my admin area password, fortunately it is stored on my computer so i can log in, the problem is i cannot remember it,

any assitance would be a great help,

thanks in advance

georgyp

[ian_m]

hi there everyone,

can anyone please tell me how i can retrace my steps as i have forgotten my admin area password, fortunately it is stored on my computer so i can log in, the problem is i cannot remember it,

any assitance would be a great help,

thanks in advance

georgyp

 

It is generally held in the .htaccess file in the root of the admin directory, you could just amend this file or delete it and insert a new one depending on what other information it holds.

 

Cheers

[georgyp]

It is generally held in the .htaccess file in the root of the admin directory, you could just amend this file or delete it and insert a new one depending on what other information it holds.

 

Cheers

hi there ian,

ive just searched what i think is the .htaccess file, and i see absolutly nil information in there here is all the info contained in that file

# $Id: .htaccess,v 1.3 2003/06/12 10:53:20 hpdl Exp $

#

# This is used with Apache WebServers

#

# For this to work, you must include the parameter 'Options' to

# the AllowOverride configuration

#

# Example:

#

# <Directory "/usr/local/apache/htdocs">

# AllowOverride Options

# </Directory>

#

# 'All' with also work. (This configuration is in the

# apache/conf/httpd.conf file)

 

# The following makes adjustments to the SSL protocol for Internet

# Explorer browsers

<IfModule mod_php4.c>

php_flag register_globals On

</IfModule>

 

<IfModule mod_setenvif.c>

<IfDefine SSL>

SetEnvIf User-Agent ".*MSIE.*" \

nokeepalive ssl-unclean-shutdown \

downgrade-1.0 force-response-1.0

</IfDefine>

</IfModule>

 

# If Search Engine Friendly URLs do not work, try enabling the

# following Apache configuration parameter

#

# AcceptPathInfo On

 

# Fix certain PHP values

# (commented out by default to prevent errors occuring on certain

# servers)

#

#<IfModule mod_php4.c>

# php_value session.use_trans_sid 0

# php_value register_globals 1

#</IfModule>

am i looking i ht e wrong file?

[ian_m]

ok there is nothing there including the password settings, I guess this may have been set elsewhere for the domain rather than in the catalog folder, if this has been installed via fantastico or some one click installation then you can updatse or change the password in the control panel to your site, if you have cpanel then log in and have a look under the security tab for something called web protect, from here you ca change the log in, other than this I am not sure.

 

Hope thats of some help

 

Cheers