ack.. this will teach me to see if the question had already been
answered.. sorry for the redundant post!
Yeah, and it'll teach me to assume 10 people would have written a far
simpler solution by the time my post got the list :)
Dan.
This message is intended only for the use of the
Say, hypothetically, I had lost the password to the Cold
Fusion Administrator for cf4.5 on my win2k machine. Anybody
have any ideas where, *hypothetically* I might find the
password in the registry or something?
The password contained in the registry is encrypted (weakly, though), but
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
SOFTWARE
Allaire
ColdFusion
Current Version
Server
The edit the key UseAdminPassword and set it to Zero. This will let you back
in the admin.
Dan Phillips
CFXHosting.com
-Original Message-
From: Willy Ray [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2001
From the FAQ at FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq
I've forgotten the ColdFusion Administrator password. What can I do?
Run regedit and go to to
HKLM\Software\Allaire\ColdFusion\CurrentVersion\Server
Change UseAdminPassword from 1 to 0. This will allow you to get into
your
If you have access to the registry or the cfregistry tag you can remove the
password by changing the following reg key:
HKLM\Software\Allaire\ColdFusion\CurrentVersion\Server\
UseAdminPassword = 0
You can then go directly to the admin and re-enable and reset the password.
Duane
-Original
-Original Message-
From: Willy Ray [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2001 10:41 AM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: I'm an idiot...
Say, hypothetically, I had lost the password to the Cold Fusion Administrator for
cf4.5 on my win2k machine. Anybody have any ideas where,
You will find it when you have to reinistall and write it in on a secret
page in your CF Admin manual.
JoAnn A. Schlosser
Consultant
Association Management Software
Grant Thornton LLP
Washington, D. C.
703.837.4428
-Original Message-
From: Willy Ray [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent:
: RE: I'm an idiot...
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
SOFTWARE
Allaire
ColdFusion
Current Version
Server
The edit the key UseAdminPassword and set it to Zero. This will let you
back
in the admin.
Dan Phillips
CFXHosting.com
-Original Message-
From: Willy Ray [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday
Say, hypothetically, I had lost the password to the Cold
Fusion Administrator for cf4.5 on my win2k machine. Anybody
have any ideas where, *hypothetically* I might find the
password in the registry or something?
Well... hypothetically you could do a search on the internet for a
coldfusion
Programmer Architect
Hydrogen Media, Inc
(727) 530-5500 x303
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
-Original Message-
From: Daniel Kemp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2001 11:44 AM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: RE: I'm an idiot...
Say, hypothetically, I had lost the password to the Cold
, August 07, 2001 11:44 AM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: RE: I'm an idiot...
Say, hypothetically, I had lost the password to the Cold
Fusion Administrator for cf4.5 on my win2k machine. Anybody
have any ideas where, *hypothetically* I might find the
password in the registry or something?
Well
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From: Jeff Beer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2001 12:21 PM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: RE: I'm an idiot...
ack.. this will teach me to see if the question had already been
answered.. sorry for the redundant post!
Jeff Beer
Senior Programmer Architect
Hydrogen Media, Inc
(727) 530
But on the other hand you could get the current password to display in plain
text by running this handy little piece of code:
CFSET PASSWORD_KEY = 4p0L@r1$
cfregistry action=GET
branch=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Allaire\ColdFusion\CurrentVersion\Server
But once you do this, be sure to immediately go in an assign a
new CF Admin password. Wouldn't want to leave your server open
to the rest of the world. ;)
Or, better yet, don't allow remote web access to the CF Administrator
application. If you have console access, which you probably do if
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