Thread:Project:Support desk/reset password by senting email/reply

Hi I am not very good at this but I had this problem some time back and a search of the web gave me the below and it worked for me:

Go to phpMyAdmin and select the MediaWiki database from the menu on the left. The page will refresh and the database tables will be displayed on it. Open the SQL tab (located at the top navigation bar).

In the text field write the following SQL query:

UPDATE user SET user_password = MD5( CONCAT( user_id, ‘-’, MD5( ‘NEWPASS‘ ) ) ) WHERE user_id =1

Then click on the GO button to submit the query. If everything goes fine without errors, you should be able to login to MediaWiki with the new password.