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Latest revision as of 13:04, 28 July 2022
Home > CentOS > CentOS 6.x > Web based tools or applications > Mediawiki configuration > Reset root or admin password of mediawiki
To reset root or admin password of wiki use following steps:
- Comment all $wgAuth settings in LocalSettings.php so that wiki only uses local authentication.
- Connect to wiki database by looking at database configuration in LocalSettings.php
- Look at user_groups table and find user_id of user who is member of bureaucrat and sysop. Look at username of the user with this id in user table.
- Use:
- php maintenance/changePassword.php --user=<username> --password=<new_password>
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- where <new_password> must be at least 8 characters long, eg, admin123.
- Again uncomment $wgAuth lines in LocalSettings.php. Note that for local login select "Your domain" as local
Debugging login issues
- For debugging add:
- $wgShowExceptionDetails = True;
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- at end of LocalSetting.php file to get more details
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