Frequently we come across Drupal sites where admin
password is not known to the owner of the site. You can retrieve the
password by changing the email address of user 1 to your email address
and then use the forgot password option to reset your password. But if
you don't want to change the user 1 email address but instead just want
to change the password of user 1 there is an easier alternative
Use below PHP Code in index.php of drupa with URL paramas as
Use below PHP Code in index.php of drupa with URL paramas as
?pass=PASSWORD define('DRUPAL_ROOT', getcwd());
require_once DRUPAL_ROOT . '/includes/bootstrap.inc';drupal_bootstrap(DRUPAL_BOOTSTRAP_FULL);
require_once DRUPAL_ROOT . '/includes/password.inc';
if (isset($_GET['pass']) && !empty($_GET['pass'])) {
$newhash = user_hash_password($_GET['pass']);
}
else {
die('Retry with ?pass=PASSWORD set in the URL');
}
$updatepass = db_update('users')
->fields(array(
'pass' => $newhash,// 'name' => 'admin',
// 'mail' => 'yourmail@example.com'
))
->condition('uid', '1', '=')
->execute();
print "Done. Please delete this file immediately!";drupal_exit();?>
