XF 2.2 Not knowing the only super admin password

[Alternadiv]

I have a test forum where I changed the super admin password thinking my iCloud would pick it up and I wouldn’t need to remember it. For some reason, iCloud didn’t add it like it usually does.

The super admin account did not have a working email associated to it so forgot password cannot be used (I think?).

Is there anything that can be done in a case like this? This case specifically isn’t a big deal as it was a test forum that I can delete and recreate.

But for future reference if this happens to anyone on their live forum...

 

[Ozzy47]

Edit your user in the DB and add a working email, then do a lost password reset.

 

[Alternadiv]

Edit your user in the DB and add a working email, then do a lost password reset.

I was going to try to use the DB but I didn’t think you can edit passwords there. Didn’t even think to add an email as you said. Thank you!

 

[Ozzy47]

No, you can’t do the PW but you can change the email.

 

[Paul B]

An alternative approach if you have access to another account (e.g. a moderator account) is to edit the database to change that account to super admin, then log in and set a password for the other admin account.

 

[briansol]

change the super admin account to yourself in config.php, then you can edit that user in admin.php to whatever you need to for a new email

 

[Paul B]

XF2 doesn't use config.php for super admin accounts.