Retrieving your Phpbb Admin password

Are you forgot your phpbb3 admin password? worried about it ?
Here you find the solution for admin password retrival.

Method:-
* First find file name config.php from ur forum root

* check the file contain.it will look like

* // phpBB 3.0.x auto-generated configuration file
// Do not change anything in this file!
$dbms = ‘mysql’;
$dbhost = ‘db_hostname’;
$dbport = ‘XXXX’;
$dbname = ‘host_dbname’;
$dbuser = ‘dbuser’;
$dbpasswd = ‘dbpassword’;
$table_prefix = ‘phpbb3_’;
$acm_type = ‘file’;
$load_extensions = ”;
@define(’PHPBB_INSTALLED’, true);
// @define(’DEBUG’, true);
// @define(’DEBUG_EXTRA’, true);
?>

* Now, here you find DB name like xxx_dbname.

* Now go to your phpmy admin , open above named database.

* Find the table named youdatabasename_users

* Than find the field named user_password now select your admin with browse

* Click on edit record for admin ID select password tab now you need to encrypt your new password in md5 hash you can encrypt your new password with sites like

* http://www.adamek.biz/md5-generator.php

* http://www.miraclesalad.com/webtools/md5.php

* now copy that encrypted hash and paste in your password tab in database

* Click on go!

* Now you done here go to your forum and write ur admin id and created password and login

* Enjoy

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