How to recover admin credentials

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I am developing on local, so i cant get a recovery email, is there a way to find my admin account password?

I checked the database but doesnt seem to be there

any help would be greatly appreciated, this is a rookie mistake and I do feel embarrassed, even though I am a rookie

Environment

modx 2.7.1 apache sqp

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On a local server that’s not configured, setting the password directly in the database is probably your best bet: https://docs.modx.com/revolution/2.x/administering-your-site/security/troubleshooting-security/resetting-a-user-password-manually#ResettingaUserPasswordManually-ResettingPasswordinMODX2.1

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Also take a look at BobRays guide on if you get locked out of the manager.

There’s a script at the bottom of the page that will create a new admin user - bailed me out a few times! :wink:

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thanks guys, i followed all instructions but it still didnt work

when it asks for me to delete everything in core/cache, the site become unavailable so dont know if some of the methods did work

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Did you install locally or transfer over to local? Ensure you’ve correctly updated all of the paths and that the database credentials are correct for your local database.

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Try the folowing SQL: UPDATE modx_users SET hash_class = ‘hashing.modMD5’, password = MD5(‘12345’) WHERE username = ‘yourUsername’;

Edit the yourUsername part, and you’re pass should become 12345.

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thanks to everyone that replied, ill keep trying the sugestions

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its installed locally so nothing to update i think?

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Did you get this working?