Reset user password in MediaWiki

Этот пост был опубликован мной более года назад. Информация, описанная ниже, уже могла потерять актуальность, но всё ещё может быть полезна.

Preamble

One of MediaWiki user lost his password, we need to restore access to user’s account.

Reset using maintenance script (recommended): log into server, cd into maintenance directory and run

sudo php changePassword.php --user=username --password=NEWPASS

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Reset using database: log in your database using privileged user and run

UPDATE prefix_user SET user_password = MD5( CONCAT( user_id, '-', MD5( 'NEWPASS' ) ) ) WHERE user_id = 1

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Ensure your prefix_, user_id and are correct NEWPASS according your situation.

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