LiveG Posted September 7, 2023 Share Posted September 7, 2023 Hello, How do I change the ACP password? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawPi Posted September 7, 2023 Share Posted September 7, 2023 Which one? ACP does not have own password? Explain please. LiveG 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiveG Posted September 7, 2023 Author Share Posted September 7, 2023 (edited) There are two passwords, Admin user password, and ACP login password, How do i change the ACP login password Edited September 7, 2023 by LiveG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adriano Faria Posted September 7, 2023 Share Posted September 7, 2023 Maybe .htaccess protected ACP folder? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiveG Posted September 7, 2023 Author Share Posted September 7, 2023 (edited) https://pasteboard.co/PbUnHJhmA1Uc.png Edited September 7, 2023 by LiveG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adriano Faria Posted September 7, 2023 Share Posted September 7, 2023 1 minute ago, LiveG said: https://pasteboard.co/MwAnNHK3UC3L.png This is the regular ACP login, which uses the same password as the front-end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiveG Posted September 7, 2023 Author Share Posted September 7, 2023 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Adriano Faria said: This is the regular ACP login, which uses the same password as the front-end. Sorry /admin This one - https://pasteboard.co/PbUnHJhmA1Uc.png It's not my admin username and password. i know the username and password created when installing the forum, but I don't know how to change it. Edited September 7, 2023 by LiveG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawPi Posted September 7, 2023 Share Posted September 7, 2023 (edited) Upper right ACP corner AFTER login - there are options for that. Edited September 7, 2023 by DawPi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss_B Posted September 7, 2023 Share Posted September 7, 2023 40 minutes ago, LiveG said: Sorry /admin This one - https://pasteboard.co/PbUnHJhmA1Uc.png It's not my admin username and password. i know the username and password created when installing the forum, but I don't know how to change it. You can change that at the .htaccess file. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawPi Posted September 7, 2023 Share Posted September 7, 2023 44 minutes ago, LiveG said: Sorry /admin This one - https://pasteboard.co/PbUnHJhmA1Uc.png It's not my admin username and password. i know the username and password created when installing the forum, but I don't know how to change it. Or remove htaccess and htpwd (something like this) from an admin/ directory and create them again if you want to keep your second ACP password. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiveG Posted September 7, 2023 Author Share Posted September 7, 2023 11 minutes ago, DawPi said: Upper right ACP corner AFTER login - there are options for that. Its not the Acp login details, its the admin user login. 11 minutes ago, Miss_B said: You can change that at the .htaccess file. On the .htaccess file, there is no username or password parameters to change Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss_B Posted September 7, 2023 Share Posted September 7, 2023 1 minute ago, LiveG said: Its not the Acp login details, its the admin user login. The aforementioned info are of the admin folder .htaccess protection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiveG Posted September 7, 2023 Author Share Posted September 7, 2023 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Miss_B said: The aforementioned info are of the admin folder .htaccess protection. Sorry, i don't understand you. can't find in the ACP the wat changing the username or password. In the upper right corner, there changing my details as admin. Edited September 7, 2023 by LiveG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss_B Posted September 7, 2023 Share Posted September 7, 2023 (edited) 8 minutes ago, LiveG said: On the .htaccess file, there is no username or password parameters to change Look at the .htpasswd file. That info should be stored in there. Edited September 7, 2023 by Miss_B LiveG 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiveG Posted September 7, 2023 Author Share Posted September 7, 2023 Ok, The username is plaintext in this file, but the password is encrypted. Changing the password to plain text locked me out, so i revert it in order to logon beck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss_B Posted September 7, 2023 Share Posted September 7, 2023 9 minutes ago, LiveG said: Ok, The username is plaintext in this file, but the password is encrypted. Changing the password to plain text locked me out, so i revert it in order to logon beck To create a new password, you can either generate it through the follow link: http://www.htaccesstools.com/htpasswd-generator/ or through the command line. Either method will work. LiveG 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiveG Posted September 7, 2023 Author Share Posted September 7, 2023 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Miss_B said: To create a new password, you can either generate it through the follow link: http://www.htaccesstools.com/htpasswd-generator/ or through the command line. Either method will work. Thank you! That works! Edited September 7, 2023 by LiveG Miss_B 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss_B Posted September 7, 2023 Share Posted September 7, 2023 Just now, LiveG said: Thank you! That works! I am glad I was able to help 😊 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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