Lost Joomla admin password - how to reset ?
On cPanel dedicated server, I have come around where people have lost their Joomla admin password and don’t know what to do. Don’t get panicked, be patient – I will show how you can reset your lost admin password for your Joomla website.
First within you cPanel control panel;
goto PHPMyAdmin and select the Joomla database that you have, once selected check for the table named jos_users click on it
Browse the table;
On the right side you will see your admin login name (I assume it is admin, some may have different as they have set when Joomla was installed) in front of the username under the column named “password” you will see some encrypted value make sure the “usertype” column contains “super administrator”. Now, click on the pencil (to edit) and in front of password put the value “21232f297a57a5a743894a0e4a801fc3” without the quotes, which means that your password is “admin” and click on “Go”.
That’s all , you have reset the password.
Now, you can check by logging in to your Joomla site. It should be working now.
Note: Works for both Joomla 1.0 and Joomla 1.5 versions.
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Once you are in the phpMyAdmin, select the Joomla database from the drop-down menu at left. The page will refresh and the database's tables will be displayed on it. Open the SQL tab.
In the text field write the following SQL query:
UPDATE `jos_users` SET `password` = MD5( 'new_password' ) WHERE `jos_users`.`username` = "admin" ;
"new_password" - replace this with the new password you wish to use.
"admin" - replace this if your admin username is different.
Once you are ready, click on the GO button to submit the query. If everything goes fine without errors, you should be able to login to Joomla with the new password.
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