{"id":2767,"date":"2021-10-07T13:18:42","date_gmt":"2021-10-07T13:18:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/?p=2767"},"modified":"2021-10-07T13:18:42","modified_gmt":"2021-10-07T13:18:42","slug":"how-to-change-the-phpbb-admin-password","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/how-to-change-the-phpbb-admin-password\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Change The phpBB Admin Password?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In order to reset the phpBB admin password, you have to initial search the database for your phpBB.<\/p>\n<p>You will notice the database details within the config.php file; this file is located within the installation directory of the application. Open the file through File Manager in cPanel and navigate to $dbname where you may find the database. As an example \u2013 $dbname = \u2018user_phpdb\u2019;<\/p>\n<p>Once you find the precise file, you&#8217;ll go ahead and change the phpBB admin password through phpMyAdmin, below are the steps:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Login to cPanel and go to phpMyAdmin.<\/li>\n<li>From the left hand side Choose the phpBB database present.<\/li>\n<li>After that click on the \u2018users\u2019 table (for example \u2013 phpbbs_users).<\/li>\n<li>Now click on \u2018Browsers\u2019 and find the username that you wish to edit (admin).<\/li>\n<li>Click on \u2018Edit\u2019.<\/li>\n<li>In the \u2018user_password\u2019 row Enter the new password.<\/li>\n<li>Then click on the \u2018Function\u2019 drop down menu and choose MDS.<\/li>\n<li>By clicking on the \u2018Go\u2019 button Save all the changes .<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Access the phpBB admin page as you have completed this process and using new password check if you can login.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In order to reset the phpBB admin password, you have to initial search the database for your phpBB. 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