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  • xsamix

    (@xsamix)


    Hi,

    This is stupid I know but I have forgot my password for the admin account and I neglected to set up the sendmail so I can’t get a password or anything by e-mail. Is there a way I can edit one of the files and upload it so the sendmail works (and I can retrieve the password)? If so, which file is it?

    Thanks in advance,
    Sam

    PS, You don’t need to tell me I am stupid, I already know.

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  • Doodlebee

    (@doodlebee)

    you can change your password in the database. Log into phpMyAdmin, go to the “users” table, and “browse”. You’ll see the admin account there. Click the “pencil” icon (to edit) and where the password is, put in a new one. choose “MD5” from the dropdown next to it, save your changes. Now you’ve redone your password and you should be able to log in.

    You shouldn’t have to edit anything in WordPress to have it send mail. It should use whatever you have setup on your web server. Can you send mail from your host at all? You should be able to get your web host to assist you with this.

    It looks like by default, WordPress uses “mail()”, and you would have to hack the core files to use “sendmail”, if that is what you need to do. Here is an article on doing this hack.

    You can also manually change your password in the database so that you don’t have to use email to retrieve it.

    What does one do if they can’t remember their password and don’t remember which email address is on record at WordPress? We do not know how to use phpMyAdmin. Our blog got setup by a third party, and maybe the emails to reset the password are being sent to him. I can’t get a hold of him, so I need to know how to retrieve my password if I can’t remember the email address associated with the account. My blog address is: http://www.merrymauiweddings.com/blog

    Please help. I haven’t been able to type in a new blog entry since last year!

    Sandra
    Merry Maui Weddings

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