To reset your phpBB Admin password, please follow these steps:
A. Identify the MySQL database associated with your phpBB installation
Using a FTP client, open /www/phpbb/nfphpbb/config.php and note the following values:
$dbhost
$dbname
$dbuser
$dbpasswd
B. Access phpMyAdmin to reset the password
- Log into the Netfirms Control Panel at https://controlpanel.netfirms.com
- Click Site tools
- Click Databases
- Click Admin next to the database you wish to have the admin password reset
- Click phpMyAdmin
- Click the corresponding table that stores username and password information: phpbb_users
- Click Browse located towards the top of your screen so that a list of users display
- Find the account of user that needs to be changed (eg. Admin)
- Click Edit
- From the user_password row, click the Function pull down menu and choose MD5
- In the box to the right of MD5, replace the existing encrypted password with your new password in plain text
- Click the GO button located towards the bottom of the page
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