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7/2/2008 8:14 PM

	Kurtosis
1 posts

Password recovery without email?

Hi all, I am using BugNET on my own workstation for personal task tracking and am not able to connect it to my company's email server. I've forgotten my Admin account password, is there any way to recover it without email, and without reinstalling BugNET?

7/4/2008 6:10 AM

	smoss
89 posts
www.orbitsolutions.co.za

Re: Password recovery without email?

Ok here is a method you can try. I have not tested it but it should work.

Backup everything. (Database and bugnet files and web.config)
Install a new copy of Bugnet somewhere else (ie do not overwrite your database or installation files or web.config)
Copy the MACHINEKEY setting from your new installation's web.config file and overwrite the MACHINEKEY in your old installation web.config
Open up your new installation database.
Find the table "aspnet_Membership"
Find the admin record (should only be one record in the table).
Copy the contents of the password field and the passwordsalt field.
Paste these fields into the right place in your old installation database in table "aspnet_membership"
Try login with "admin" password "admin" into the old installation.

Please let us know if this is successful.

Thanks

Stewart

7/4/2008 6:17 AM

	admin
619 posts
bugnetproject.com

Re: Password recovery without email?

I just though of this that might work as well.

Put this into your web.config file after the system.web tag (see development.config for example as well) and specify the directory. When the application sends email it will put it in the directory and you can just open it with a text editor and get the password.

<!-- email testing -->
<system.net>
    <mailSettings>
        <smtp deliveryMethod="SpecifiedPickupDirectory">
            <specifiedPickupDirectory pickupDirectoryLocation="C:\Email"/>
        </smtp>
    </mailSettings>
</system.net>

Davin Dubeau
BugNET - Core Developer

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