MD5 Trick to Reset Your Forgotten SuperUser Password Joomla - 🛠 Maintenance Monday Live Stream #032

Written by: Tim Davis Created: 26 March 2018

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Streamed live on Mar 27, 2018 Joomla Security

If you have forgotten your #Joomla super admin password, or are helping someone who has forgotten their own password for their Joomla site, you can easily type a new one right into the user table in the Joomla SQL database (with one little "hack"). How to change lost or forgotten Joomla passwords right in the Joomla database is what today's #maintenancemonday is all about.

This is a livestream titled "MD5 Trick to Reset Your Forgotten SuperUser Password Joomla - Maintenance Monday Live Stream #032" on YouTube.

- Hosted by Tim Davis, who is a Joomla enthusiast.
- It's the 32nd episode of the "Maintenance Monday" livestream.
- Tim mentions new subscribers and encourages viewers to subscribe and like the video.
- The livestream discusses a method to reset a lost super user password for Joomla.
- Tim mentions a viewer named John who shared a method in the comments for resetting passwords.
- The method involves changing the super admin password in the Joomla database.
- Tim talks about an upcoming giveaway in March, including a book titled "Joomla 3 Explained."
- He provides instructions on how to enter the giveaway on basicJoomla.com.
- Tim demonstrates how to reset a lost Joomla password by accessing the database through a hosting control panel.
- He mentions the importance of backing up your Joomla site before making any database changes.
- Tim thanks viewers for their support and encourages them to subscribe and ring the bell for notifications.
- The livestream ends with Tim greeting a viewer named Mary and signing off.

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