The values in password column in the database are generated by this function in engine/lib/users.php:

function generate_user_password(ElggUser $user, $password) {
    return md5($password . $user->salt);
}

So it's basically a MD5 hash of the cleartext password and some per-user salt.  With $user->salt from the database, it should be straightforward to compute $user->password to go to the database for a new password of choice.

@Patrick & @All

I usually have a canned UID (admin) & PWD (qwerty1234) to zap via PhpMyAdmin when ppl get into trouble ;-) works every time lolz ;-O

Mi pregunta es: estoy trabajando en mi localhost, y cuando comienzo la sesión me aparece predeterminado nombre de usuario y contraseña, como hago para sacar mi contraseña predeterminada? alguien sabe. Muchas Gracias Daniel

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