Reset root or admin password of mediawiki

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Reset root or admin password of mediawiki

To reset root or admin password of wiki use following steps:

1. Comment all $wgAuth settings in LocalSettings.php so that wiki only uses local authentication.
2. Connect to wiki database by looking at database configuration in LocalSettings.php
3. Look at user_groups table and find user_id of user who is member of bureaucrat and sysop. Look at username of the user with this id in user table.
4. Use:

   php maintenance/changePassword.php --user=<username> --password=<new_password>

   where <new_password> must be at least 8 characters long, eg, admin123.

5. Again uncomment $wgAuth lines in LocalSettings.php. Note that for local login select "Your domain" as local

Debugging login issues

1. For debugging add:

   $wgShowExceptionDetails = True;

   at end of LocalSetting.php file to get more details