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Hi,
My Hosting provider wants to migrate the whole site to a new server. And he wants the database password. I had setup mojoportal years back and I forgot the password :(
1. I forgot the database password. How can I find/retrieve it? What are the various ways?
2. I can change the password through website panel i believe but this would probably cause mojoportal for my site to not work because the password setup with my mojoportal site might be different. Where do i change the password for the website if I change the password in the database?
3. Are there are any other options to overcome this issue?
This is real urgent :((
Thanks
Your database password is stored either in your web.config file or your user.config file. It will be within a ConnectionString key.
HTH, Joe D.
Hi Joe,
I have retreived the PWD from the User.Config file and am able to log in. I have limited tools available and would like to change the password to something easier to remember. Currently it is "qDC^&-zPrXMv". It was created by the WebMatrix tool when I installed mojoPortal. The "&" is not valid so I am unable to manually log in except through mojoportal.
How can I change the PWD on the SQL server?
Thanks Phillip
Hi Phillip
to change a SQL Server login password you need to use SQL Server administrative tools, e.g. SSMS or command-line utilities. You should not do this through mojoPortal (actually you might be able to do this through the SQL Query tool, using the sp_password stored proc or other approaches, but I've not checked this and I'm not recommending it).