Hi Nina,
You can give admin privileges to the admin level LDAP groups. You just need to add the
privs you need to your LDAP config file.
However, if you really want to get back in to your Wikiadmin account, it won't hurt
anything to turn off your LDAP extension. We have had to do that several times and have
had no ill effects except confusing users.
-Courtney
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[mailto:mediawiki-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of McHale, Nina
Sent: Saturday, April 24, 2010 3:14 AM
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Subject: [Mediawiki-l] Resetting admin password, LDAP enabled
Hi, all,
When we first launched our wiki, I had users create their own accounts. I set an account,
Wikiadmin, as a Bureaucrat and Sysop. Then, I implemented the LDAP login. Problem is, I
can't remember that Wikiadmin account password now, and none of the password reset
methods (using the changePassword.php script or directly editing it in MySQL) will work.
The user Wikiadmin does not exist in our LDAP/AD environment-although we could create
it-and stupidly, it was the only account to which I gave elevated permissions before
setting up LDAP.
The only thing I can think of to try is to take off LDAP authentication temporarily, reset
the Wikiadmin password, and then put LDAP back. I'm nervous about causing harm by
doing this; thoughts?
Thanks in advance,
Nina
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