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  • Super Cat
    Senior Member
    • Jan 2005
    • 1299
    • 4.2.X

    Forgotten Password

    Somehow I changed my password for login and forgot it. I tried to have email sent to me to change password but never receive the email from my website. Is there a way to go into my files and change password so I can login to my site under Admin? so I can get into my control panel.
  • Wayne Luke
    vBulletin Technical Support Lead
    • Aug 2000
    • 73981

    #2
    If you're using vBulletin 4, you can reset a password with a query like this:

    UPDATE vb_user AS user
    set password = MD5(concat(MD5('pass1234'), user.salt))
    WHERE userid = 1

    update pass1234 and the userid (1) to fit your needs.
    Translations provided by Google.

    Wayne Luke
    The Rabid Badger - a vBulletin Cloud demonstration site.
    vBulletin 5 API

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    • Super Cat
      Senior Member
      • Jan 2005
      • 1299
      • 4.2.X

      #3
      Can you explain it in more detail? It has been some time since I've done anything with VB 4 except to upgrade it to next version.

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      • Wayne Luke
        vBulletin Technical Support Lead
        • Aug 2000
        • 73981

        #4
        Not sure what there is to explain... The query is run in phpMyAdmin or other tool and will update the password of the user specified.
        Translations provided by Google.

        Wayne Luke
        The Rabid Badger - a vBulletin Cloud demonstration site.
        vBulletin 5 API

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        • Super Cat
          Senior Member
          • Jan 2005
          • 1299
          • 4.2.X

          #5
          Sent PM on error

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          • Mark.B
            vBulletin Support
            • Feb 2004
            • 24286
            • 6.0.X

            #6
            Originally posted by Super Cat
            Sent PM on error
            Please don't PM support staff unless asked to do so....support needs to be carried out in the forums.
            MARK.B
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            • Super Cat
              Senior Member
              • Jan 2005
              • 1299
              • 4.2.X

              #7
              You can't put personal stuff like password and user name on forum for others to see and maybe hack into your site. that is why I used PM and let Wayne know. If it wasn't for personal information, everything would be carried out in forum. Which I have always done since joining vB. I figured next step was going to be Wayne asking about error and then PM it to him. I was just giving to him ahead of him asking for it.

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              • Super Cat
                Senior Member
                • Jan 2005
                • 1299
                • 4.2.X

                #8
                Thank You Wayne. Figured it out. I had to drop vb.

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