Moodle -Admin Password reset

Moodle -Admin Password reset

by Tobias Foppen -
Number of replies: 1

Hi

I in stalled moodle on my server and I forgot my admin password is there a way to reset the admin password.  The forgot password does not work as I havent set up my exchange with Moodle.

 

Can this be resetted at the MYSQL back end?

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In reply to Tobias Foppen

Re: Moodle -Admin Password reset

by Marcus Green -
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Yes, if you have access to the mysql tables you can reset your passoword, but the password is hashed, so you cannot just type in a new plain text password.