Hi Jerry,

Getting the admin password for Rivendell is actually a lot easier then
it seems.  At least on my builds the password is stored in plain text in
mysql.  Chances are your build is the same.

First, start up a shell and check what the Rivendell database, MySQL
user name and password is in your /etc/rd.conf file.  Easiest way is:

grep -i 'hostname\|loginname\|password\|database' /etc/rd.conf

It'll say something like:

Hostname=192.168.0.40
Loginname=rduser
Password=letmein
Database=Rivendell

Then, from the command prompt (substitute your user name, hostname / ip
address, password, and database name)

mysql -u rduser -h 192.168.0.40 -p Rivendell

It'll ask you for your password, in this example it'll be the letmein

At the mysql> prompt, copy / paste the following:

SELECT `LOGIN_NAME`, `PASSWORD` FROM USERS;

It'll list you the Rivendell user names and passwords on the system, one
of them should be admin.  Example:

+------------+----------+
| LOGIN_NAME | PASSWORD |
+------------+----------+
| admin      | 12345    |
| user       |          |
+------------+----------+
2 rows in set (0.00 sec)

Just type exit to get out of mysql.  

If it says something like "no database selected" you might need to give
it a:

use Rivendell;

command (or substitute the name of your database you got from your
/etc/rd.conf file)

That should give you the info to get into rdadmin

Hope this helps.

Lorne Tyndale


> 
> Bob, thanks.  I'll download the manual and start reading.  We have all the 
> clocks necessary from past years, but I understand that in the past someone 
> had to laboriously replace all 164 hours on the one grid we have available, 
> produce the logs, and then put the original hours back in again after 
> Christmas.
> 
> Trouble is that we can't get into the RDAdmin without a password to add a 
> service (if that's what is necessary) and nobody left knows what was 
> originally set up.  So unless there's a back-door way to change the password 
> I fear the worst... a complete reload of the program!  Please... not going 
> into the holidays!
> 
> -Jerry
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: Robert Orr 
>   To: Jerry & Marion Meloon 
>   Cc: User discussion about the Rivendell Radio Automation System 
>   Sent: Sunday, November 08, 2015 11:38 PM
>   Subject: Re: [RDD] Need grids
> 
> 
>   First I wouldn't update unless you think you need a feature in the newer 
> version
>   For adding a grid I think you want to add a service in rdadmin.
> 
>   Here's the newest manual though it's not very new: 
> http://www.rivendellaudio.org/ftpdocs/rivendell/docs/rog-1.3.0-1.pdf
>   Hope that helps,
>   Have a great day,
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