Tag: password

  • Owncloud Nine: How to reset the admin password

    Well, about ten minutes after installing the new Owncloud Nine we found out that we had typo’d the admin password. Fortunately, it’s an easy fix. Run the following (this worked on Debian with a fresh Owncloud 9 install):   cd /path/to/owncloud sudo -u webserveruser php occ user:resetpassword adminaccountname   In our case the command was:…

  • Thunderbird and Google Apps or Gmail – wrong password message despite correct password being entered

    This is a frustrating issue – you have youreslf a shiny new Gmail or Google apps account, but for some reason when you try to add the account to Thunderbird it complains about your password being incorrect:   Configuration could not be verified – is the user name or password wrong?   After double checking…

  • How to reset a user password in Windows without knowing the original password

      Today we were asked how to reset a Windows user password (in this case the administrator account for a Windows Home Server 2011 install) without knowing the original password. The user had a logged-in Administrator session but had typo’d their password twice successfully during the install and was not keen on reinstalling then repeating…

  • How to change a user’s password in Mediawiki

    If you have a wiki you may need to change a user’s password from time to time; you can do this from the back end quite easily. First, access mysql:   mysql -u root -p   Log in using your root password. Next, list your databases:   show databases;   On our test system this…