Password

Is there any way to change my password on the vBSEO control panel?

~Phil

https://www.vbseo.com/wiki/vBSEO_Fil...Reset_Password

Jeez!! I only wanted to change my password, not my freaking DNA!

What is a CHMOD? What is a 666 and a 644 file? I’m not a programmer but just some average guy that owns and runs a forum site! Why can’t it be as simple as changing my password on vBulletin? Guess I’ll just keep it as is. I’d rather shave my head with a cheese grater than try and follow those instructions! Thanks…..but no thanks!

~Phil

This is the EXACT same process that vB uses for your config file for the database passwords and localhost connections, etc etc.

your vbulletin account is a USER account, not a SYSTEM file. Thus, they operate differently.

It's not a complicated process and takes all of 18 seconds on a high speed connection once you've done it a few times.

It is handled this way for SECURITY reasons, and rightfully so. You don't have to be a programmer.

chmod is handled via your FTP client.

ftp into your site like you would to upload new files.
navigate to the /includes folder of your forum
right click on config_vbseo.php
depending on your FTP client, you should find something like 'permissions', 'chmod' 'file attributes' etc etc depending on what your particular client calls it. if you need help with this, consult your ftp client's mfg website for help, or just click on everything until you see READ WRITE EXECUTE and/or 3 sets of numbers.

From there, you can set it to 777 (666 sometimes works, but 777 will always work to make it writable by the webserver) by checking the correct boxes, or manually tying in the number, depending again on the ftp client you use.

then, edit the config_vbseo.php file.
download it to your desktop, open it in notepad/etc.

find right in the beginning after the comments block, its the 2nd thing down:

// ****** CONFIG PANEL PASSWORD ******
define('VBSEO_ADMIN_PASSWORD', 'SOMERANDOMDIGITSTRINGHERE');

and replace it with

// ****** CONFIG PANEL PASSWORD ******
define('VBSEO_ADMIN_PASSWORD', '');

to effectively blank it out.

save it
ftp it back, overwriting the current config_vbseo.php file that's there already

then go to your vbseocp.php page and it will prompt you to chose a new password.

enter it, and head into the cp.


go back to the ftp client, and re change the config file back to 644 (as you are done writing to it).



done.