Hi,
I contracted a developer who ended up hacking into certain sites i was involved with. I managed to change my passwords on my hosting, main site, PayPal etc, but in the hustle and bustle of it all forgot to change my password for moodle admin, thus can no longer log in as he changed it.
Is there a way to change my password via bluehost on my server using the root directory or some other means?
Or perhaps there's something that can be done via Moodle itself.
Thanks for your help,
joseph
Hi Joseph,
You can change your Moodle password by accessing database through PHPMyadmin. You can change password at 'mdl_user' table.
Thank you so much - I'm going to give that a try. Thanks again!
Charan,
As you can see in the attached i was able to get to mdl_user, but my hosting told me the entry in the 'Value' box is probably encrypted thus he wasn't sure how to change the password. Would I put the new password for admin in the Value box after deleting what's presently in there, or would i go into the 'Function' drop down and choose 'Password' and then enter the new password in the 'Value' box? Or something different?
Thanks, joseph
Have you tried Moodle's "forgot your password" tool?
In phpMyAdmin, it appears that you are at the Insert tab. I think that you want to be at the browse, then edit tab. (It's been a while since I had to do this.)
I did try the forgot your password tool and was able to login as a user of the course but not as admin which is what i need.
I went to
1. PHPmyAdmin
2. Chose my Database which has the acronym of the course in it
3. Chose 'admin' which was the second entry
4. This enabled me to get to 'password' as shown in the screenshot
Thanks for your input, joseph
Select the password 'Function' as MD5 and then enter your password.
Thank you so much Charan!!!! You're a life saver. God Bless YOU!!!!
Good Luck & Thank you!!!
Charan,
The hacker was able to get back in as he apparently rigged the user login - see attached. By mistake I logged in even though i was given the prompt that you see in the attached, thus he got back in.
I went back into server and changed password again.
So, the new question is what is the best way to secure user login in moodle?
Thanks,
joseph
If you have command line access you can change a password using admin\cli\reset_password.php
Thank you Marcus, I will use this as a second alternative. Appreciate your support.
Make sure to change your Bluehost password so that your hacker can't access it.
Thank you Rick - yes, i did change that.
Hi Joseph,
Here is what I did when I had to reset my admin password:
The next time you log in as admin you should be asked for a new password. I hope this works for you too.
Christoph
