orchardcmsorchardcms-1.8

Retrieve admin password on Orchard 1.8

I forgot my Orchard admin password, so I googled around on how to (manually) reset it. I found this article on how to achieve this.

So I went to my server, opened the website in WebMatrix, opened the database, set a new password and the PasswordFormat to Clear. I opened the site and tried to login, but still it said that the UserName and/or password was incorrect.

Has anyone ever got a similar issue? Any thoughts on why it doesn't work?

I am using Orchard 1.8 and WebMatrix 3.

Thanks

Solution

  • Okay I found the solution. If anyone else runs into this issue here is wat was the problem:

    In Orchard 1.8 information is also stored as XML in the table Orchard_Framework_ContentItemRecord. By editing the rows ALSO in here, the effects take place and the password can be reset!