lost admin password

If you have lost the admin password for your site you will need access to the tiki database to change the password manually.

Assuming you are not using external user authentication - the password you lost is logded firmly in your database.

1. Access your web hosting control panel (usually CPanel). If you can't find or login to Cpanel, contact your ISP.

2. Once logged into Cpanel, goto MySQL Databases, then (scroll way down!) open the PHPMyAdmin panel.

3. Select your database (usually somthing_tiki) from the drop-down list of databases on the left.

4. Scroll down the list of tables (way down) and select (browse) the users_users table. The password will be in there.
These are not encrypted in most dbs.

In case your tiki encrypts password you can use the following SQL command: (cut and paste the following exactly into the SQL window in PHPMyAdmin.

UPDATE `users_users` SET `password`='admin', `hash`= md5('adminadmin') WHERE
`login`='admin';

this will set the password to "admin" again. You are saved.