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maverickprince
Starting Member
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 Posted - 09 January 2008 : 14:02:57
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Please help... I've inherited a Snitz forum to manage and don't know the basics.
1. How do I find the product version (I know it's a SQL version and have access to the tables...).
2. What/where do I find the admin id/pw to have full admin privileges on the site?
Thanks for your head start...
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AnonJr
Moderator
United States
5768 Posts |
Posted - 09 January 2008 : 14:27:28
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1. If you hover your mouse over the Snitz Logo/Link in the bottom-right corner of the page it should tell you what version you are running. Or if you go to the Admin page, under "Forum Variables Information" it will tell you there too.
2. The Super Admin is the account created when it was first set up - Member ID #1. If whoever set it up didn't give you the password, there is a password recovery tool floating around here somewhere that should let you change it. |
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maverickprince
Starting Member
3 Posts |
Posted - 09 January 2008 : 14:30:01
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My forum pages must be customized in some way, the bottom right of each page just says:
© 2000-02 Snitz Communications (with a top-of-page icon beside it).
Any other ideas? Is it safe to use the pw recovery tool if I don't know the version exactly?
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maverickprince
Starting Member
3 Posts |
Posted - 09 January 2008 : 14:33:53
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| Also, (sorry to be dense), I don't see where to get to an Admin page to see those Forum Variables Info you describe... |
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AnonJr
Moderator
United States
5768 Posts |
Posted - 09 January 2008 : 15:14:35
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There should be a link and/or an image below that - if you hover your mouse over that link/image it should show you the version... got a link to your site?
To see the Admin Options, you have to be logged in as an administrator. |
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pdrg
Support Moderator
United Kingdom
2897 Posts |
Posted - 11 January 2008 : 11:31:02
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I have a hunch if it ends in © 2000-02 Snitz Communications you've got an old build, I'd suggest you upgrade as soon as you get a chance for the sake of security.
If you have access to the SQL DB tables, you don't need a PW recovery tool either (I'll assume you're db literate and confident)-
*you can create a new (temporary) account and
*give it a password you know (eg 'aaaa')
*find the members table
*almost certainly the first record is the admin record (to confirm it'll have M_LEV of 0 or 1 (I think, I'm so rusty! or if not M-LEV of 0 or 1, it'll be the m_lev different to the others!))
*in the password field for the record, replace the password hash (all passwords are stored hashed) with the password hash from your new temp account above
*You can now logi in as admin with password 'aaaa'
*Now delete the temp account
*change the password for the admin account - 'aaaa' is a pretty poor password ;-) |
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