By default c5 is set to log the content of outbound email, so after you use the forgot password link take a peak in your "Logs" table.

I use this frequently when I forget the pass on my local installs.

Forgive me, where would that be at? The admin email or some place server side?

dashboard > reports > logs

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You can find it by going to Dashboard->Reports->Logs

ha. Serves me right for jumping in.. here's some bling for you tuesday, thanks for helping out.

I can't log in to get to the dashboard, that is my issue. I go to the site and click the bottom"log in to edit" and it says incorrect user or password.

I know the user name is right leaving me stuck. I requested a password change to both my emails, but still have not received one.

I fear I'll have to start over after deleting the site I worked over 10 hours on.

But I haven't given up yet.

Is email enabled for your web host?

I'm guessing you have database access since you were able to get concrete5 installed. If you have database access, you can browse the Logs table, which should contain the text of the forgot password email. ("select * from Logs");

Additionally, have you tried checking the spam folder for your email address? It's possible that that is where the forgot password email went.

I am using Bluehost and have access to the front end cPanel File Manager v3.

I have clicked all the files and the only ones I have seen with any hint of a password looked like this:
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<?php
defined('C5_EXECUTE') or die(_("Access Denied."));

$subject = t("Forgot Password");
$body = t("

Dear %s,

Here is your information:

Your username: %s
Your password: %s

To login, head here:

%s

Thanks for browsing the site!

", $uName, $uName, $uPassword, BASE_URL . DIR_REL . "/index.php/login/");

?>

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I do have the attached access if this helps.

If all else fails, I think I can just delete it all and redo it again kinda fast. I actually got good at making pages and adding content.

I think I can do the entire site in less than 3 hours and that might be the fastest way to fix this.

The salt value is in your config/site.php, I know you can get at the db value, salted, so maybe there is something you can do there. I haven't really looked into it, but that seems like the right way to go. Salt seasoning of your hash in the db, sounds tasty.

Otherwise, rebuild locally and re-deploy again. I am sure there is something here withe Updating a User and setting password array value, but that might require being logged in as super admin, so who knows.

Sorry I can't help more, but bit the bullet and get it done :)

that's just the file that is sending emails.

You probably want to figure out why emails aren't getting to you before rebuilding, or this will happen again.

Can you ask bluehost to test the php mail function from your account?

yes, they have been very good at working requests.

Now I do get emails from the comment section and such, so I am getting the admin auto email notifications from other features.

I finally got a slew of emails this morning from all the password requests for a reset -

they are all the same and when i follow the link provided, it does not work.

Do you think something is corrupted as to why it would tell me to use _____ as a password, then not recognize it?

the email sends me here:http://www.freefromthebox.com/index.php/login... and when i enter the information provided for the reset name/password, it sends me here:http://www.freefromthebox.com/index.php/login/-/do_login...

At this point, I know I will have to delete the site and rebuild it. I never thought I really "lost" my password, but was willing to accept it was the only way it could have gotten changed, now no so much seeing the one i get as a reset doesn't work either.

I will hold off from deleting the site until someone can tell me if I an just in the Twilight Zone or not, but at this point, I plan to just delete the entire site and start over.

(I could have done it all over by now time wise at least a day or so ago, it would have been faster for sure than trying to get a new password)

this is probably something we need to change in the big picture, but when you request a password via email today it actually sets your password to something new and sends it to you. that means everything but the latest email you get is trash.

my advice would be to try one last time now that you're getting emails. request a password, try the one it gives you, see if that gets you in.. remember, they are case sensitive.

sent to me were the same password. there was no random generation to any of them.

but I will try right now and see how long it takes to get a new one and post up when I get it.

Done 3:16pm cen - now we wait . . .
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What if when you sigh up, do it like a Yahoo, or my bank or Paypal or a secure phpBB and during the registration process ask detailed questions and get answers like "What city were you born?" or "What was your first car?" and make it in a drop down window so the options are limited to say 7 questions.

Then when something like this happens (either I lost my password, or something is corrupt) getting a reset is more involved with the verification, but more certain as to if you answer all the questions right, you can get it back fast.

Just a random thought . . . because in truth, if I were sure I lost my password, it would have been days faster to just rebuild it and if I were relying on it for my job, I would have no choice but to have done it immediately, or restore it via backup and pray it never happened again.

This all started when I registered a second user for testing, logged out, and then couldn't log in with either of the only two in the database.
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would seeing "no database installed" when I tested the search feature have anything to do with where the users names and passwords are stored?

Search was so far down on the list if things to test, I hadn't thought of this until now.

I think when I get home, I will just delete the entire site and start over. I could have redone it a few times by now.

Just one question: If I back the site up and this randomly happens again, would a restore also reset my password back too?