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Need to reset my password for my Drupal site

Tue, 24/01/2012 - 13:55 — StephNicolaou

I hope anyone can help, I would like to reset my password for my drupal site but I never receive the password reset email. I can't install Drush as a module since I can't login.

I've followed the steps for all three sites listed, I got to the point where I can create password hashes in two methods; creating the php script file below:

<?php
define('DRUPAL_ROOT', getcwd());

require_once DRUPAL_ROOT . '/includes/bootstrap.inc';
drupal_bootstrap(DRUPAL_BOOTSTRAP_FULL);

require_once 'includes/password.inc';

//change the password here.
$my_new_password = 'password';

printf('UPDATE users SET pass=\'%s\' WHERE uid=1;', user_hash_password($my_new_password));
exit();

Or inserting the following into my index file:

require_once 'includes/password.inc';
echo user_hash_password('mynewpassword');
die();

I am not able to run the below script on my drupal root directory as my hosters do not allow me to run command line on their server.

./scripts/password-hash.sh newpwd

I am all out of ideas. When I log in with the new password the site refreshes and doesn't let me in. Would someone be willing to look into this?

Sources:
http://drupal.org/node/1023428
http://chillburn.com.au/blog/changing-resetting-the-admin-password-in-drupal-7/
http://drupal.org/node/992400

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Fri, 27/01/2012 - 14:42 — netgenius

Set $GLOBALS['user']->uid = 1;

A quick hack I've used in the past - edit some code somewhere - e.g. a module that you know will get used and add at a suitable point:

$GLOBALS['user']->uid = 1;

... as I say i's a quick hack, but usually works for me.  Of course, with that code *anybody* will be able to get admin access, so remove the change as soon as possible.

Otherwise, another route is by directly editing the password in the database - see http://groups.drupal.org/node/188904#comment-633248