Retrieve admin password on Orchard 1.8

Question

I forgot my Orchard admin password, so I googled around on how to (manually) reset it. I found this article on how to achieve this.

So I went to my server, opened the website in WebMatrix, opened the database, set a new password and the PasswordFormat to Clear. I opened the site and tried to login, but still it said that the UserName and/or password was incorrect.

Has anyone ever got a similar issue? Any thoughts on why it doesn't work?

I am using Orchard 1.8 and WebMatrix 3.

Thanks

Davide

Answer 1

Okay I found the solution. If anyone else runs into this issue here is wat was the problem:

In Orchard 1.8 information is also stored as XML in the table Orchard_Framework_ContentItemRecord. By editing the rows ALSO in here, the effects take place and the password can be reset!

Davide

What information do you edit?! I've got over 700 rows of data in mine? – Scleroderma

@PrimeByDesign Bertrand has updated his blogpost, see weblogs.asp.net/bleroy/recovering-the-admin-password-in-orchard – Davide

Answer 2

I had access to another user and access to the database which I edited and replaced the admin user's hash and salt with the user I knew the password to , could then log in with that password.

Machmeter