> We have a new client with a self-hosted server who has > asked us to make some emergency changes. He lost his > previous developer and does not know where to find him > (.. and no - the site is not littlebopeep.com). He does > not know the cf administrator password and it's important > that we get in to the administrator. Short of re-installing, > does anyone remember the hack to reset the password?
Yes, just change the registry key value to "0" for this key: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Allaire\ColdFusion\CurrentVersion\Server\UseAdminPassword Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ voice: (202) 797-5496 fax: (202) 797-5444 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_talk FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting.