McHale, Nina wrote:
> Hi, all,
> 
> I am going crazy trying to reset the password for my only administrative 
> user! :( I took the LDAP authentication method that we had in place 
> off-thanks to Ryan and Christine for their advice on this-and then tried to 
> use the "email password" option on the wiki login screen (as the user name 
> "Wikiadmin" doesn't exist in LDAP), and there is no email address associated 
> with the user! (Fail!!!)
> 
> I've tried these methods:
> 
> http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:FAQ#How_do_I_reset_a_password.3F
> 
> ...and the php method gives the error that it can't open the file,

If you are on the wiki root, run
php maintenance/changePassword.php --user=someuser --password=somepass

> and the MySQL methods result in syntax errors. 
Works fine for me. Which mysql version are you using?

> There is no setting for $wgPasswordSalt in my LocalSettings.php file; could 
> this be why the MySQL method is failing?
No.

> Any other ideas?
> 
> Would the Password Reset extension help? 
> http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Password_Reset

It may make it more straightforward.

> Or, can I associate my email address with the Wikiadmin user directly in the 
> user table in MySQL?

Yes. Assign the user_email field in the db.


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