Hi Nina,

You can give admin privileges to the admin level LDAP groups.  You just need to 
add the privs you need to your LDAP config file.  

However, if you really want to get back in to your Wikiadmin account, it won't 
hurt anything to turn off your LDAP extension.  We have had to do that several 
times and have had no ill effects except confusing users.  

-Courtney


-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of McHale, Nina
Sent: Saturday, April 24, 2010 3:14 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [Mediawiki-l] Resetting admin password, LDAP enabled


Hi, all,

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?

Thanks in advance,

Nina
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