start/mediawiki password reset Here's the SQL to reset the mediawiki password of a user: {code}use mediawikidb; update user set user_password=md5(concat(user_id,'-',md5('newpassword'))) where user_name = "Alex";{code} The default admin username is WikiSysop, with user_id=1, so you could do: {code}update user set user_password=md5(concat('1-',md5('newadminpassword'))) where user_id=1;{code} Here's how you add a new user: {code}insert into user(user_name) values ("Alex");{code} then set a password as above. Keep in mind that usernames must start with a capital letter. 2007-06-07 22:08:53.0 2007-06-07 22:08:53.0