Take a look in configuration.php and grab the following variables:
$host
$user
$db
$password
That is your database access information. Now to change your admin
password. When you connect to your database, go to a table called
jos_users and look for the admin user:
select id,
I think there is a file called database.mysql.php, but I bet you could
grep for 'localhost', and I am sure you will find the file quickly
(assuming it is set to connect to localhost).
try: grep -R -C 4 localhost *
To recover the admin password, see:
http://www.google.com/search?q=joomla+recover+a
Hey Guys
This is slightly off topic but I don't know where else to turn.
I just inherited a client who had their site developed in Joomla, and when
it came time for the developer to turn over the access things apparently
went south and the administrative password for Joomla was never given to the
