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    Where obviously "somepass" is changed the password you want to set and "whatever" is changed to the user name as it is listed in the table "user".
    Where obviously "somepass" is changed the password you want to set and "whatever" is changed to the user name as it is listed in the table "user".


    from [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_FAQ#How_do_I_change_a_user.27s_password.3F]
    from [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_FAQ#How_do_I_change_a_user.27s_password.3F] [http://www.premiumdissertations.com/ dissertation writing]


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    Revision as of 08:30, 25 August 2010

    How do I change a user's password?

    Assuming that $wgPasswordSalt is set to true (the default), you can use the following SQL query:

    UPDATE user SET user_password = MD5(CONCAT(user_id, '-', MD5('somepass'))) WHERE user_name = 'whatever';
    

    Where obviously "somepass" is changed the password you want to set and "whatever" is changed to the user name as it is listed in the table "user".

    from [1] dissertation writing

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