XF 1.5 XenForo admin password lost

[Carmine]

Hello.

I wanted to ask how you can reset the password of my site for administration (admin.php) since I lost it.

Greetings

 

[Paul B]

You can submit a password reset via the lost password link.

On this site for example it is: https://xenforo.com/community/lost-password/

 

[Carmine]

I lost the password for the user does not admin.php

 

[Paul B]

It's the same user name and password for the forum and ACP.

 

[wang]

If the forgot password will not work, you can reset your password by executing the sql query mentioned in this resource.

https://xenforo.com/community/resources/password-reset-query.368/

 

[PeteMarko]

I too have lost my admin password, not here, but my community admin.

I was trying to apply the current updates

I don't see any provision to change lost password

 

[Old Nick]

Unmaintained - Password Reset Query

You can use this query to reset a user's password. It is especially useful if you forget your admin password. You need to replace new-password and 1 (the user_id). You don't have to change salt, but if you do then both instances need to be the...

xenforo.com

 

[PeteMarko]

Thanks for that, I'm curious as to why there is no reset on the page?

 

[Ozzy47]

Your admin password and user password are the same. So if your able to log into the front end, then you can log into the ACP.

 

[Chris D]

And if you can't log in to the front end either, there is a lost password request link.

 

[PeteMarko]

And if you can't log in to the front end either, there is a lost password request link.

Thanks, I didn't know that

 

[DigNap15]

I had it happen to me, and it was very scary!
Luckliy one of my mentors had it
But now I know a bit more about how it all works