SID-01716: How to change admin password?

Status:	Answered	TWiki version:	5.1.3	Perl version:	5.10
Category:		Server OS:	CentOs	Last update:	7 years ago

Hi Team,

I trying to change admin password by configuration setting, it doesn't work. It throws following error,

TWiki detected an internal error - please check your TWiki logs and webserver logs for more information.

cannot change user passwords using TWiki::BaseUserMapping

Thanks, Madhuri

-- Madhuri Yevale - 2013-05-31

Discussion and Answer

You need to delete the password entry in the twiki/lib/LocalSite.cfg file. Run configure, it will tell you the details.

-- Peter Thoeny - 2013-05-31

It shows Password changed message but doesn't work. Should it take time to load new password in file?

-- Madhuri Yevale - 2013-05-31

Specifically, delete the $TWiki::cfg{Password} line in twiki/lib/LocalSite.cfg and run configure again. Make sure twiki/lib/ is owned by the webserver user.

-- Peter Thoeny - 2013-05-31

Yes.. its working.. Thanks!!!

-- Madhuri Yevale - 2013-06-03

Hi there,

I am in the same boat. I set configure password and go use it for admin login, but it says password is invalid. I have gone, and deleted the line $TWiki::cfg{Password} from LocalSite.cfg.

drwxr-xr-x 4 apache apache 4096 Mar 29 07:35 lib

-- Nick Patel - 2016-03-29

To add more, when I set the configure password, it doesnt even add line $TWiki::cfg{Password} in LocalSite.cfg file. May be a permissions problem ?

-- Nick Patel - 2016-03-29

Very possible a permission issue. Make sure LocalSite.cfg is owned and writable by your webserver user.

-- Peter Thoeny - 2016-03-31

Please confirm what is meant by 'run configure' in the first answer, and what should it tell you the details of?

-- Thomas Daly - 2018-04-29

When you have deleted the password entry in lib/LocalSite.cfg as suggested, the configure script prompts you for a new admin password and saves this (encrypted) as the new value for $TWiki::cfg{Password}.

-- Harald Jörg - 2018-04-29

Thank you. Do you mean run the script '/twiki/bin/configure' in a web browser, and when it says 'Enter the configuration password. Your Password:' it actually means 'Choose a new password'?

-- Thomas Daly - 2018-04-29

I'm sorry, but no. This prompt means that you have a password in your config file (twiki/lib/LocalSite.cfg) and you need to enter it to proceed. Only when there's no password in your configuration, the same URL shows a screen which allows you to reset (or initially set after a fresh installation) the password.

-- Harald Jörg - 2018-04-29

-- Thomas Daly - 2018-04-29

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