How to change or recover Joomla Administrator password

hi... well i guess it is a hard code... so i've been thinking if maybe one of you can send me the recovery password script (for password encrypting) to my email. 
 
I ill let it here; if anyone can send it i realy apreciate it. 
 
Thanks for your time !

Sorry... i forgot... my email is [email protected]

so, thanks a lot tudor

Hi I just want to say thank you for this script, because I lose my Pass and I was scared already, not being able to get in to my administrator so, I used the form above and It worked out beautifully  
 
Thanks a lot! 
 
Alex

it did not work for me. 
i copied the generated code but i can't login.

Great tool! Thanks!

thanks a lot

Thanks a lot!

Do I need to change the jos_ users 
 
Or does admistrator go in the usernane or do I use the last one created

Great...Just executed and working. 
 
Many Thanks...

superb, thanks!

Thank you! You saved my day!

lol, thank you! Well for beginners like me! It would of been nice to tell us where in phpmyadmin! 
I knew it was sql because of the image above. But i thoyght i had to click on jos_users or something! 
 
Here are step by step instructions. 
1. Make up a password!  
2. Use the password on this site to generate the code, now copy this code 
3. Go to ur hosting provider or cpanel, find ur mysql section.  
4. Then find one of ur databses, and click myphpadmin 
5. Right after u get into ur myphpadmin site click "SQL" 
6. Now paste ur code in main box u see 
7. highligh password on the right, and click go 
8. now go to ur web site,click administrator or ( www.yoursite.com/administrator/) 
9. Type in admin as USERNAME and for the PASSWORD type in the password u provided earlier  
10. press ENTER and u should be in!!

greatest help i have ever received....this script is awesome...keep it up

I have to insert that sql code everytime i want to log in my admin panel, theres a worm that got stucked in my site, it was phpbb forum or sth, ive already errased that fake module... by the way im using joomspanish 1.0.13... the SQL works, BUT... this worm keeps resetting my admin user and password, so that makes so annoying redoing all that sql code again! what can i do to change for good my password without having to apply that sql code everytime i have to log in? 
 
 
THANKS! waiting for your replies!

This is a great tool. For whatever reason my password was changed in dBase file. When I decrypted the MD5 encrypted password it came up as nothing.  
 
My only stumbling block was the fact I changed the title administrator name to something else but I kept changing it to the user id. Once I figured out that I needed to use the name I changed the administrator to everything worked fine. 
 
Please keep in mind I have NO SQL knowledge what so ever.  
 
Thanks, 
 
~Dale

Thanks it works.

It took me a little while before i got it that there are now super administrators. 
Then it just worked fine. 
Thanks a lot. 
Mark

Guys,  
 
This thing working perfectly. no more problem with joomla admin password. Thank you Programming Dudes.

We hope new project from you guys

The password is stored in the MySQL database jos_users table password field 
I did this to chang my password 
1. login to control panel 
2. Find ( php my admin ) and click on it 
3. Look for the word ( Databases )click on it 
4. WARNING if you have more then one website on the server you must first fined the one  
the one you want to reset the password on. there ending with (_joomla )(if you need help ask) 
5.find ( jos_users ). To your right in the size section there will be a number with (KiB)ending in blue 
click on it  
6.Now on top look for ( Browse ) Click on it 
7.You can now see all the users and the user names. In the (usertype) finde (super administrator) 
go to its right and click on Edit  
8.copy and past this code over the old code in the password section 
21232f297a57a5a743894a0e4a801fc3 the code means ( admin )the new password  
9 I used the same name for both the username and name  
10. go to login and type the name you used and for the password type in ( admin )

Excellent - the other solutions were OK but this was the clearest and neatest. Well done!!

Really very happy to use this tool. very simple and fast. 
 
Thanks a lot

Thanks, your programme was of great help as one always forget to write down passwords! 
I am trying to generate passwords automatically for my users, but the generated codes do seem to be recognized when login in. Could you kindly send me the code behind the generation of your code? For your generated password functions correctly? 
Thanks in advance.

THANX!!! It worked!!!

great guys~this is an easy2use solution

Thanks a lot, it works. Can you send me a copy of the script? Thanks again.

Thanks

This was a life saver. 
 
It works fine, though you may need to edit the SQL code manually. I had to edit the name of the table, nothing big. 
 
Thanks

very good. Make me Happy.

doesn't work 
 
not enough instructs for locating issue

thanks to Wazrik. It worked a charm.

can't thank you enough

Thanks Its cool............

super!!! 
thanks a lot! saved my job!

you are cool man ! really great help for all those in trouble !

Ive run the querie and now my whole site is down cant connect to the database.... 
 
 
 
HELP HELP

Thanks for that! nice and easy, you people deserve a pat on the back!

Oh thanks so much to YOU my friend. First time installing and everything worked except I couldn't log in! Followed those step by step instructions and VOILA. Code is brilliant. Thx!

Can someone recover my password for me. I don't have the first inkling of what to do. I just know how to change things with the joomla program.

I was lost but now I'm found...lol 
 
Tanks a million !!

Thank you so much. This helped me a great deal!

Seriously reccommended if you ever get stuck ! it just works as per the instructions. Nick

Worked perfectly. Thanks a million. This saved me.

This fixed.... absolutely nothing!

people trying to login are using the word Administrator as the user name. its not Administrator, its Admin.

Thanks a lot for posting this. 
It worked like a charm.

You saved my butt!

Thanks a lot!

Thanks a lot for this, and thanks Wazrik for the idiots guide - I needed it!

Thanx worked great

Thanks worked great

ohh yeahhh...very nice...thank you to the makers of this site...saved me from reinstalling joomla

Love your work! well done

Brilliant - Thank you so MUCH

well done guys - really appreciate your knowledge 
 
peter

You F'ing rock! I've been locked out of my backend for god knows how long. 
Worked like a charm. Use your brains newbs. Joomla v. 1.5 
 
Thank you!

I've been locked out of my backend for over 3 weeks now i've tried everything i found, but still no joy...This is what happens i type in my user and password the screen blinks and im still on the login page no errors nothing i tried this it might work for others http://www.joomlaspan.com/Joomla-SMF-Bridge-Recover-Super-Administrator-Status-after-bad-synchronization.html but that didnt work for me, also tried module recover.php, if someone has an answer i done want to start all over again yes i did a DB backup before this error but the issue is still there.

This works perfectly, and can be used on any database using phpmyadmin not just Mambo and Joomla Cms..

i updated the password fro phpmyadmin correctly but i can't login... 
What i have to put in the configuration.php in the var secret field?? 
Any Ideas??? 
 
thanks

thanks dude, you saved my life

I have used your recovery form to change the password, but i have made a big mistake...i have generated and excecuted sql string but i havent type ANY password... so now the password has changed but i have no idea what it is, i have tried empty, typeyournewpasswordhere but nothing roks. 
 
ANY IDEA?  
 
plase help

UPDATE jos_users SET password='3e7b906dadf044a086d4db2d48d12ba5' WHERE name='Administrator'; 
 
 
could i get my password from this?

just tried it and it worked like a charm.. thank you

You need to write a password before generating the sql. You can do it now, it will override the blank password you have set by mistake

Worked like a charm.

forgotten username and password

Hey! 
 
I tried above but thereafter I went to my website freshlightltd.com and it started to say This site is temporarily unavailable. 
 
It just happened right after I pushed the Go button in Sql! Does anyone a way to make this undone? 
 
Thank you so much in advance!:D 
 
Regards, 
Leon

Seriously.. you're a life saver. Holy cow..  
 
I wish I knew how the password was changed between now and 6.5 hours ago, but this saved me.

OK I've tried this several times but I am still getting Username and password do not match. 
 
The SQL command was processed correctly.

i wana change joomla password

After updating password, I still have password incorrect problem

Hello! 
 
I lost my password I know backup backup backup just when I was my vista barf crash However whas able to fixe it with this tutorial god bless. 
Pierre

Doesn't work with Joomla 1,5 , does it?

Thank you for the useful code. I was a able to change my password with no issues. Thanks again!!!

 
 
Thank you to the origanl provider and to all those who have contributed!! 
 
You saved me many hours of redesigning..