> When we first launched our wiki, I had users create their own accounts. I set > an account, Wikiadmin, as a Bureaucrat and Sysop. Then, I implemented the > LDAP login. Problem is, I can't remember that Wikiadmin account password now, > and none of the password reset methods (using the changePassword.php script > or directly editing it in MySQL) will work. The user Wikiadmin does not exist > in our LDAP/AD environment-although we could create it-and stupidly, it was > the only account to which I gave elevated permissions before setting up LDAP. > > The only thing I can think of to try is to take off LDAP authentication > temporarily, reset the Wikiadmin password, and then put LDAP back. I'm > nervous about causing harm by doing this; thoughts? >
There is an FAQ entry for this: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:LDAP_Authentication/FAQ#I_installed_the_extension.2C_but_now_I_don.27t_have_a_Sysop_user.3B_how_do_I_give_myself_Sysop_rights.3F >From the FAQ: "There are a few ways of doing this; however, the easiest method is: 1. Log in with your regular account (to ensure your account is created) 2. Disable the extension 3. Log in as WikiSysop 4. Go to Special:Userrights and add the sysop group to your regular account 5. Re-enable the extension" You can't use the WikiSysop user if it isn't in LDAP, and you don't need to have one if you give rights to a user in AD. V/r, Ryan Lane _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
