Forgot My Password retrieval system not working.
SchaferDesign - May 3, 2009 - 19:56
I have just installed Drupal for the first time and i am at the initial log in screen. I input my User name and password and it is not correct so i click on the Forgot my Password and it askes me for my e-mail address which i input and hit submit. But i never ever receive an e-mail letting me reset my password or retrieve it! Can anyone out there let me know what to do to get around this so i can start to learn drupal?
Well... If your mail isn't
Well... If your mail isn't set up properly then your Drupal mails will be stuck in your mail queue? Just read them from there...? Else, it sounds like you haven't installed properly (there are step-by-step instructions...?) for the admin user when you first install you actually input your own password... So... Use that?
Pobster
How do I do that?
How do I make sure my e-mail is set-up properly? I have been receiveing e-mail all day. How do I access the mail queue? If i have gotten this far drupal is installed correctly.
I think you're
I think you're misunderstanding what Drupal is and does? Drupal sends emails via your Mailserver which is whatever you've set your php/ Sendmail up to use. If you've never set it up then your email won't be sat in a queue, it will have just vanished... The fact you send and receive email all day is completely irrelevant - we're talking about the difference between a server and a client here.
You've not mentioned anything yet though and I'm as of yet, not a mindreader... So I can't give you a solution without knowing at least what your server is and whether you have command line access to it.
Pobster
using MAMP server
I am using a MAMP server on Mac OS X. I currently cannot get mamp to log into myphp admin.
I am not sure if MAMP is configured right.
Okay, MAMP doesn't provide
Okay, MAMP doesn't provide you with a mail SERVER but OS X *does* have postfix (a mail server) built-in. Only problem is that it's generally not turned on by default, so it's possible your mails have been lost... To check open up Terminal and type;
cat /var/log/mail.logsudo mailq
The first command is the log from postfix which will tell you about all the action going on, if you see something like;
May 4 09:55:53 Mac-Pro postfix/local[64630]: 325D92E59768: to=<nagios@localhost>, orig_to=<nagios@localhost>, relay=local, delay=0.14, delays=0.05/0.04/0/0.04, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (delivered to mailbox)Then your mailserver is working... The second command will show the mail queue, which shows mails currently being processed.
Obviously what you're looking for here is whereabouts your mails are going... And... If they're being sent at all...
Lets find out what's going on before I go any further.
Pobster