Password on Michael’s Domain

Reset the admin (user #1) password in Drupal 9

Wed, 01 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000

I have been playing around with Drupal 9 and forgot the admin password. If this happens to you, go to the base folder of the drupal installation.

How to reset the admin password in Drupal 9

Sat, 09 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Go to the base folder of the drupal installation
Generate the hash for your password: php core/scripts/password-hash.sh ’newpasswd'
Execute in mysql: UPDATE users_field_data SET pass=‘hash_result_from_previous_command_goes_here’ WHERE uid = 1;
Clear the cache: DELETE FROM cache_entity WHERE cid = ‘values:user:1’;

Passwordless login via the GUI and ssh defaults

Mon, 25 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0000

I use cloud services at CSC (e.g. pouta.csc.fi), and they do not allow SSH login with a traditional username/password combo. When I want to make a bookmark in my file manager (Nemo oder Nautilus/Files), pointing to this location. I need to specify an RSA key file that is used for the login. On the command line, it looks as follows:

Clearing the BIOS password in a HP Compaq Elite 8000

Mon, 18 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0000

Power the computer down, remove power cable (and other cables that can carry electricity) and let residual charge drain. Open lid and remove the green jumper. Reboot and you’re done. Maybe you want to put the green jumper back not to loose them (you can also apparently leave it attached to pin 1 or pin 2, but not connect both pins).

Removing PDF password protection

Thu, 05 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0000

I recently bought a pdf book. It was password-protected (40bit security). Unfortunately some of the PDF viewers on Linux cannot open password-protected pdf files. So I decided that I can remove the password protection for private use.A quick lock at the web showed two very easy methods of password removal:

Resetting the MySQL root password

Thu, 05 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0000

If you have forgotten your MySQL root password, you can reset it if you have physical access to the machine mysql is running on: Find the .pid file of the mysql process. It is either called mysql.pid or machinename.pid. Kill the mysql process. On my MacOS X server e.g. kill cat /usr/local/mysql-standard-4.0.16-apple-darwin6.6-powerpc/data/localhost.pid`` Restart the mysql server /usr/local/mysql-standard-4.0.16-apple-darwin6.6-powerpc/bin/mysqld_safe --skip-grant-tables & Set the new root password (replace newpassword with the new password!) /usr/local/mysql-standard-4.0.16-apple-darwin6.6-powerpc/bin/mysqladmin -u root flush-privileges password "newpassword" Done!

The BIOS Password of Macintosh computers (Open Firmware)

Wed, 04 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Macs don’t have a BIOS. They have something called Open Firmware instead. So the BIOS password is called Open Firmware password. You boot into Open Firmware by pressing the command (=apple), option, O and F keys simultaneously during system boot. To set the password type password To enable the protection type setenv security-mode full An then reboot by typing reset-all Apart from the full security mode you can also set “none” (= don’t ask password during boot) and “command” (=gives you only limited access to Open Firmware without the password. The Open Firmeware password can be removed by changing the amount of RAM and three times zapping the PRAM. More detailed information is available .