'''USE EXTREME CAUTION:''' Proceed at your own risk. This should only '''ONLY''' be attempted if as a last resort and you do not have any admin access to the HDA dashboard. If you corrupt the database, you will be forced to reinstall.</div>

Perform the following steps to set reset the user password to '''admin''' (recommend changing it once logged into the dashboard):* [[Open_Terminal_as_root|Open terminal as root user]] and enter verify the user name: echo "select login from users" | mysql -uroot -phda hda_production* Enter the following (replace ''usernameuser name'' in both command lines with the user whose password was forgottenname from the previous step):** passwd usernameuser name** <pre style="white-space: pre-wrap; word-break: keep-all;">echo "update users set crypted_password='f0b2344ac59b55ab5f52b2984a6d1c96838b3dbf13c6d01752cc60e228043a676fabec7a07ffe7cee763aa127bd4f34b3e267861829a88c1870a198e7a01cfa6', password_salt='Qt1VlDCmyCb8KBhpsuUW' where login='usernameuser name'" | mysql -uroot -phda hda_production</pre>

:'''NOTE:''' Use copy/paste for commands above. The crypted_password string is quite long and may not be completely visible. == Ubuntu 12.04.x /Fedora 21 or greater ==