advance poll password recovery

Is it possible to reset the password of existing installation.
Previously set this up and working great, have forgotten password and can no longer login to admin to update the polls

Thanks

Are you using a database or a textfile? If database, I think you can delete the encrypted password from the appropriate table.

If you are using textfile, the code for password is in the include/config.inc.php file - around line 26, look for:

Would suggest you change this back to what is in the original file - hopefully you kept a copy, or here is the code from my copy:

This should return it to the original state, which is:

username: admin
password: poll

Perhaps another solution would be to replace the config.inc.php file and redo your info.

hrm.. how would you edit a "table" ?

So, you are using the database version?

You can edit the database tables in PhyMyAdmin. There should be a link to PhyMyAdmin in your CPanel. Then, in PhyMyAdmin, you select the appropriate database in the dropdown box on the left side. Then it will list all the tables in that database. Scroll down the list and click on the "poll_user" table name.

On the right side, click on the "browse" tab. It will list the entries in that table. You should see the entry for your username and password. Click on the pencil icon next to the entry to edit it. Since the passwords are encrypted, you may need to just delete the password so none will be required. Then you would have to immediately go to your admin panel and change the password. If that doesn't work, you could try using the encrypted password shown for the flatfile version.