[3.3.x] Support Forum • Re: phpAdmin and the Admin login issue ...

You can't put a plaintext password in your users table. It would have to be hashed.
PhpMyAdmin would be part of your hosting package, and allow easy access to your database tables.
I am not sure what your question is about the Admin1 user mentioned in other topics. You would log in with that user after adding it to your users table.

Thank you Brf: Indeed that was what the SQL query presented by several offered solutions to this issue did: i.e. it added a clear text password.
See below re. phpMyAdmin.

Admin1 has founder status, so he can login and give him/herself any permissions needed.
Thankyou Warmweer: except that, like those others seeking help on this issue, Admin couldn't log in!
See also below re. phpMyAdmin (now installed and useful).

The question is: how did you create the database when you first installed phpBB? (the config.php contains info on the database, dbuser and dbuser_password.
The answer is: my MySQL database server had been created quite sometime ago. Therefore phpBB's database (phpBBDB) was added to the existing server. However, this is not significant because phpBB was functioning and other users could be added: it was simply that Admin could not login.

So, thankyou both.

As an update, and for anyone else who encounters this issue with the Admin user (and many have) here is how I resolved the problem:
1. Open (or install phpMyAdmin) - it shows a great deal of the benhind-the-scenes data in your phpBB installation;
2. Ensure that you BROWSE via "MySQL" server, "phpBB" database (use your specific database name) to the "phpbb_users" table.
You will probably have to select "Show All";
3. Scroll about to find the record of a functioning user account, whose password you know;
4. Locate the column "user_password": the text will be long and meanlingless.
5. Highlight the entire password (a popup will reveal all of it), and tap Ctrl+C to copy it;
6. Locate the record which has "Admin" in the "username" column;
7. In that record, delete the text in the "user_password" column;
8. Tap Ctrl+V to copy the new password into the "user_password" column.

You can now log in to the Admin account on your phpBB board. BUT remember to change that password to Admin in your phpBB board to something private!

KASpencer

Statistics: Posted by kaspencer — Thu Feb 22, 2024 3:19 pm

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