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osCommerce Password Reset Using phpMyAdmin

Sometimes you need to get in there and reset the password for oscommerce using phpMyAdmin.

In these instances, you do not just paste in a new password but you have to properly encode it first.

Here is a really handy tool to create a password hash for you, ready to be pasted into phpMyAdmin

for the admin side, you will need to edit the admin table and paste this into the password field for the account you need to set the password for.

Check out this easy oscommerce password generator

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10 Comments

admin
December 19th, 2008

just in case that site ever goes down – I have lifted the code and hosted a mirror here:

osCommerce Password Generator

All credit goes to oscommercecustomsolutions.com
 

babysitter
June 11th, 2009

thanks, but where I can find the admin table?
 

francisco
December 10th, 2009

Instalé su programa en mi hosting y no recuerdo la contraseña de entrada. Me podrían hacermela llegar a mi mail. Gracias
 

admin
December 10th, 2009

sorry dont speak spanish
 

francisco
December 10th, 2009

i would like find my password, i forget it. i have installed his program and now i don´t remember it.

could you help me?
 

admin
December 10th, 2009

erm, not sure what else I can tell you that isn’t in the blog post…
 

Johnney O'Sullivan
December 4th, 2010

A life saver…Create your new password with the link above and copy the password…go to PhpMyAdmin and open your database, click on administrator in the left column, click on the edit symbol (pencil) and paste your new password in the password field, click GO to save and your done.
 

ลดความอ้วน
February 28th, 2011

Sorry, i don’t speak Spanish.
 

shani
June 2nd, 2011

Great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 

Nawaz
July 29th, 2011

Thanks, Very handy…..
 

 

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