How to reset Admin Password

[switch540]

I have installed MediaCMS on an Ubuntu 18 x64 standalone server via the script below

mkdir /home/mediacms.io && cd /home/mediacms.io/
git clone https://github.com/mediacms-io/mediacms
cd /home/mediacms.io/mediacms/ && bash ./install.sh

The install appeared to go very smooth, but the admin password that was generated after the installation does not work when trying to login to the web UI.

How do I go about creating a new one or creating a new user account with admin rights?

Thank you

[mgogoulos]

Hi,

the installation creates an account with user 'admin' and a random password, not sure why you can't login, are you sure it's not an issue of copy/paste?

Anyway, you can still reset the password through the Django shell - command line

Run as root

# source /home/mediacms.io/bin/activate
# cd /home/mediacms.io/mediacms
# python manage.py shell

You are in the command line shell. Now run

from users.models import User                                                                                                                                                                              
user = User.objects.filter(username='admin')[0]
user.set_password('new_password')
user.save()

Then you should be able to login with the combination admin new_password

[gam-ragnar]

@mgogoulos I think the password reset snippet should be added to documentation or solved issues for better visibility.

[mgogoulos]

good point

[Saifhashmi29]

I have installed mediacms using docker and docker compose in kubuntu 20.04 .. for solving similar problem of django admin login on http://localhost/admin ... i followed above mentioned procedure but faced an error while running the code in python shell ..the error screen shot is attached,,kindly help.

[anasskal]

Have to get access to the container before taping the recommended commands :

docker ps
docker exec -it bash
source /home/mediacms.io/bin/activate
cd /home/mediacms.io/mediacms
python manage.py shell

from users.models import User
user = User.objects.filter(username='admin')[0]
user.set_password('new_password')
user.save()

Finish by clicking 'Enter' end exit.

[heerbovec]

"docker exec -it bash" takes two arguments. One has to provide the name of the container.