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Password recovery

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I have forgotten the edit/admin login password (for administrator). What is the procedure to retrieve this? I've tried logging in with my Windows account - but that doesn't work either. There really should be a "forgott my username or password" link in the login picture, which sends the login credentials to my e-mail.
#13071
Jun 14, 2007 10:26
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Hi. You should always be able to login in edit and admin with the local windows admininistrator account. -- Per
#15360
Jun 14, 2007 11:32
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Let's assume I'm not able to log in with my Microsoft account. What then?
#15361
Jun 20, 2007 14:31
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Hi. EPiServer 4 is configured so that you always can login with the local administrator account.
#15362
Jun 20, 2007 16:45
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Hello again. To clarify, you need of course to have the location path in web.config for the admin catalog to include Administrators. E.g.
#15363
Jun 20, 2007 17:15
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Why is that I cannot enter the Admin mode of the sample Alloy site?

I use the URL http://localhost:17000/your/relative/path/to/UI/MyEPiServerSite/Episerver , and a login page shows up. 

What should be the username and password then?????? 

Anyone can help? 

#69940
Apr 10, 2013 2:23
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As Per writes above, you can login in with a local windows admininistrator account.

#69942
Apr 10, 2013 8:19
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Thanks Mari. 

I have soloved that. 

#69944
Apr 10, 2013 8:49
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If no logins work but you have access to web.config, you could always "break in" as Fredrik describes in this blog:

http://blog.fredrikhaglund.se/blog/2010/03/08/episerver-security-and-access-control-12/

Basically commenting out all the "<deny users="*" />" lines will let you log in without a password. 

Quickly fix your password, then put web.config back the way it was. 

Beware this should only be used in emergencies.

#70003
Apr 10, 2013 20:18
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