Title: wordpress in localhost (linux)
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# wordpress in localhost (linux)

 *  [ginoxy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ginoxy/)
 * (@ginoxy)
 * [18 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-in-localhost-linux/)
 * hello i have downloaded wordpress on localhost (linux) yesterday and everything
   went fine. today whe i went to log in i forgot the password and i tried to e-
   mail it to me but nothing happened ! is there any way to get it back ?

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 *  [threestyler](https://wordpress.org/support/users/threestyler/)
 * (@threestyler)
 * [18 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-in-localhost-linux/#post-788416)
 * You probably could of found this yourself with a quick search of the codex for
   [resetting password](http://codex.wordpress.org/Resetting_Your_Password).
 *  Thread Starter [ginoxy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ginoxy/)
 * (@ginoxy)
 * [18 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-in-localhost-linux/#post-788557)
 * yeah i looked at it but did not get !!
 *  Through MySQL Command Line
 *  1. Get an MD5 hash of your password.
    * Visit MD5 Hasher, or… * Create a key
   with Python. or… * On Unix: echo -n <password> | md5sum 2. “mysql -u root -p”(
   log in to MySQL) 3. enter your mysql password 4. “use (name-of-database)” (select
   WordPress database) 5. “show tables;” (you’re looking for a table name with “
   users” at the end) 6. “SELECT ID, user_login, user_pass FROM (name-of-table-you-
   found)” (this gives you an idea of what’s going on inside) 7. “UPDATE (name-of-
   table-you-found) SET user_pass=”(MD5-string-you-made)” WHERE ID = (id#-of-account-
   you-are-reseting-password-for)” (actually changes the password) 8. “SELECT ID,
   user_login, user_pass FROM (name-of-table-you-found)” (confirm that it was changed)
   9. (type Control-D, to exit mysql client)
 * Note if you have a recent version of MySQL (version 5.x?) you can have MySQL 
   compute the MD5 hash for you.
 *  1. Skip step 1. above.
    2. Do the following for step 7. instead. * “UPDATE (
   name-of-table-you-found) SET user_pass = MD5(‘”(new-password)”‘) WHERE ID = (
   id#-of-account-you-are-reseting-password-for)” (actually changes the password)
 * from 6 to 9 ! i did the same but nothing happened !

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 * Last activity: [18 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-in-localhost-linux/#post-788557)
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