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= Resetting Bugzilla Passwords = | = Resetting Bugzilla Passwords = | ||
I frequently forget my Bugzilla password at work because I rarely have to enter my password. If you haven't enabled Bugzilla to send email, as we haven't, here is at least one way you can reset your password without the use of email: | I frequently forget my Bugzilla password at work because I rarely have to enter my password. If you haven't enabled Bugzilla to send email, as we haven't, here is at least one way you can reset your password without the use of email: | ||
= Modern Bugzilla (3.1.1 and newer) = | |||
Modern versions of Bugzilla encrypt the password locally before sending it to the database so it's not possible to encrypt the password in the database anymore as was done with older versions of Bugzilla. | |||
checksetup.pl now provides a command line switch to allow you to reset a password from the command line. Run <code>checksetup.pl --help</code> to get the complete syntax. | |||
<pre><nowiki> | |||
--reset-password=user@domain.com | |||
Resets the specified user's password. checksetup.pl will prompt you | |||
to enter a new password for the user. | |||
</nowiki></pre> | |||
= Older Bugzillas (3.0.x and prior) = | |||
== MySQL == | == MySQL == | ||