Forgotten your Drupal account password
Last modified: January 6, 2009 - 14:45
When the Drupal account password for user 1 (the administrator) is lost and the email notification doesn't work, it is possible to set the password via a database query.
Execute the following query on the Drupal database:
UPDATE `users` SET pass = MD5('newpwd') WHERE uid=1;Of course, change 'newpwd' to the desired password.
To execute this query it will be necessary to login to the database. This is typically done through the command line or through a GUI interface such as phpMyAdmin.
