UBB.threads PHP Forum Software Community Forums Resources and Customizing Admin Zone Changing admin login and password

I cant seem to find any info on this. Ive inherited a forum at work, its part of my job, and I want to change the login and password to the control area. Can I simply change it in Database Configuration in the control panel or do I have to do it in the config files? Thanks.

Lets start at the beginning.
If you are on the 7.x versions.
Access to the control panel is set thru :
Control Panel » CP Permissions
Which is set to allow groups.
Usually it is the administrator group only.

So to allow access to the control panel if it is set as above.
The login is whatever the users login is. if they are in the group allowed they will have access.
(There is not a master login to the control panel per say)

Then you set who is in the group thru:
Control Panel » Member Management
If you want to see who already is a admin.
Select "Advanced Search Options" and check Administrators"

If you want to remove someone from access to the control panel:
Control Panel » Member Management
Build your member list.
Select the member in question.
Select the permissions tab
Then in Member Status:
Change the selection from Administrator to User
Select Update Member

If you are using someone elses login to access the control panel then change your status to Administrator from User.
And vise versa for the old login you used.

Also as a note:
In Control Panel » CP Permissions
You can designate what groups have full access or just edit users in the control panel.
Such as moderators.

I hope that is clear as mud.

OH, And make sure you make yourself a Admin first before deleting anyone else. Or nobody will have access

Thanks Ruben, I will try figure it out

Actually, I should have said in my initial post, that I am logged in as admin, but using the old admins details, and would like to change them.

I don't quite understand what you mean by "old admin details".
It would be nice to know what version you are using and a little more detail on what you are tying to accomplice.

Are you saying you are not using your login but someone else's to access the control panel?

Sorry! Im using version 7.5.2 - we have just upgraded to this version. Im wanting to change the Database username and password. I am logged in as the previous administrator using here name and password.

Duh I was thinking you were trying to change the Admin control panel stuff.
Login to the site has nothing to do wih UBB.
To do this you need to do a couple of steps.

First is to login to your server control panel not UBB
You probably have phpmyadmin so goto that.
You will see a section for users for the MYsql database. This lists what the user name and password is to access the database.
You will need to add the new user and password.
Then go back to UBB in Control Panel » DB, Paths & URLs.
Update the same to what you changed.
Then go back to Phpmyadmin and delete the old user password info.

Thanks so much!

Make sure you do it in that order or you may loose access to the DB.
But you could always manually edit config.inc.php after the fact.

Noted, thanks.

Let us know what happens.

Well I managed to break our forum and I think Rick is away!

Fatal error: Call to a member function on a non-object in /home/virtual/site1/fst/var/www/html/forum/libs/mysql.inc.php on line 77

Anyone?

Okay what were you doing to cause the error!
BTW Rick has been here but is on jury duty.

Trying to change the admin username and password.

I went into the admin area as you said and set up a new user and then tried to login as that user.

Ruben, I see the line 77, downloaded the file from the server $admin->error( $errstr ); So I have indeed logged in with the wrong details and its brought the whole thing down. Any ideas how I can fix it?

I think this is resolved.
Bottom line is user attempted to change the mysql user and password and the user name could not be changed per host settings.
So editing the config.inc.php file to the current correct user name and password corrected the problem.

Is that close Wendy?

No Ruben, I didnt get to sort this out but its not serious.