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#20490 Lost Master Password

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Latest post by dlb on Monday, 14 July 2014 12:20 CDT

user77412
 Hello,

I lost my master password...

I wanted to delete the _admintools_acl database, but it was already empty.

I tried to find it in the _admintools_storage database (/cparams), but the only thing I found was the 'adminpw', which is the admin secret url parameter.

Created empty .htpasswd and .htaccess files and also disabled the main.php in system/admintools/admintools, still nothing... Then re-enabled main.php, and renamed the 2 files, but it's still asking for a password...

I have no clue what to do further more, please advise.
Thank you!

dlb
If you mean that you password protected your /administrator directory then you need to rename the .htaccess file in the /administrator folder. That should allow you to log in to your administrator area and recreate the password protection with a new password.


Dale L. Brackin
Support Specialist


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user77412
That was fast! :)

Thanks a lot, it worked!

dlb
You're welcome!


Dale L. Brackin
Support Specialist


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Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!


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My time zone is EST (UTC -5) (click here to see my current time in Philadelphia, PA)

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