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I installed a fresh version of the wpmu and then it showed me a new password to administer the main blog ( I don’t remember seeing that before)

I copied it and pasted it in the password box but it did not work, then I tried my old one, that didn’t work

I requested a new one, the email never came(checked trash and it has been 4 hours)

I tried to staart a new blog but the password never came by email-

help!

http://www.onlineaor.com

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 20:46:49
  • Andrew
    • Champion of Loops

    Hiya,

    It’s very easy to copy an extra space when copy/pasting a password so I bet that’s what happened. Basically you mean to copy ‘abc123’ but copied ‘abc123 ‘. Note the space at the end. Since it’s a blank space you tend not to notice it.

    Anyway, it also sounds like you have a problem with mail being sent. That’s problem you need to bring up with your host.

    As for getting into WPMU, do this:

    1) Use PHPMyAdmin (or equivalent) to access your database

    2) Go to the wp_users table and find the row for the admin user

    3) Click on the ‘edit’ link for that row

    4) Go to this site and enter a password into the box

    5) Hit the submit button and copy the md5 hash

    6) Replace the contents of the user_pass field with the md5 hash

    7) Save the changes to the table row and login

    Thanks,

    Andrew

  • Sue
    • Ex Staff

    Alternatively your email system may be blocking your email from being delivered. Worth signing up using a gmail account to see if you received the email — just in case.

    With password I also check using a different web browser because sometimes it is an issue with your stored password.

  • LizaValero
    • Design Lord, Child of Thor

    Sue,

    Thanks for your input also.

    I have activated the gmail on the domain prior to this and there is nothing there either.

    But I did get a new machine, so it may be a problem with a stored password although I did not tell it to put it in my keychain.

    I am using safari, if that makes a difference

    I will look and see on the control panel if I can find that it has stored it somewhere