admin password = no first time login

I have changed the password from mysqladmin and still no login, is this a server problem ? anyone awake ? anyone tried movabletype?

The mySQL password has nothing to do with your random password that the WP install provides you with.
From experience, this random pw is also only 6 characters.
If it were mine, I’d re-install with a different build and see if the problem persists.
And MT ? NOOOOoooooo!!!!!!!!!! It’s foul ??

Hi- Thanks for the reply- this was actually the second build i tried, first had a bunch of errors during install and the same login problem , second try didn’t fly, but 3rd and latest build went fine with the same login problem. I never got to the admin page. tho i registered a few users who turned up in the database, all with weird 32 char passwords…
without getting into the guts of the PHP i was hoping someone may have had experienced this one- well just deleted the lot,, next-
anyone know were i can get the latest stable?
(Linux Apache Version 1.3.29 (Unix) Perl Version 5.8.1 PHP Version 4.3.3 Mysql Version 4.0.18-standard)
Thanks
kan

Nightly 1/3/04 is fine – one small buglet, but that I’m sure has been fixed in a subsequent build, and it is easily avoided.

kan.. the 32bits passwords are not useful, they are encoded with MD5… you really have to use the password given in the install process just before clicking to login after the installation.
there is no known bug with that process, i’ve tested the entire built with 5 different types of servers. no problems.
if you install the 1.0.1 version, not the latest nightly, you’ll be supported with your bugs… but the nightly are made for testing, debugging… not a first clean install…
and MT is worst than WP because this is not the same tool… MT is a commercial one.

Is there absolutely NO way to retrieve the first random password when lost??
I lost mine due to an error where I had to shut down my browser, and did not write down the password. ??
I tried to start the install script again – but it want me to delete the databases to start all over again.
Billy

You can just blank out the password in the DB (ie erase it completely) then don’t enter a password when logging in, then change it to whatever you want.

Thanks CeeJayCee
I should have thougt of that – I can find it in DB offcourse..
Thx for opening my eyes 8)
Billy

Hi -same problems with 101 miles..
OK I have reinstalled the wordpress 1.0.1 miles -this time i had a bunch of errors on the last page (as apposed to no errors with the nightly install) and still cant login with the supplied password. I have tried deleting the password from the database and still no Joy.
I can give this 5 minute install one more night and then really must move on
thanks for any help
kan
errors:
WordPressStep 3
SQL/DB Error:
[You have an error in your SQL syntax. Check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near ” at line 1]
SELECT * FROM w3bm_options WHERE option_id =
SQL/DB Error:
[Duplicate entry ’55-0-default_post_status’ for key 1]
INSERT INTO w3bm_options (option_id, option_name, option_type, option_value, option_description, option_admin_level, option_width) VALUES(55,’default_post_status’, 5, ‘publish’, ‘The default state of each new post’, 8, 20)
SQL/DB Error:
[You have an error in your SQL syntax. Check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near ” at line 1]
SELECT * FROM w3bm_options WHERE option_id =
SQL/DB Error:
[Duplicate entry ’56-0-default_comment_status’ for key 1]
INSERT INTO w3bm_options (option_id, option_name, option_type, option_value, option_description, option_admin_level, option_width) VALUES(56,’default_comment_status’, 5, ‘open’, ‘The default state of comments for each new post’, 8, 20)
SQL/DB Error:
[You have an error in your SQL syntax. Check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near ” at line 1]
SELECT * FROM w3bm_options WHERE option_id =
SQL/DB Error:
[Duplicate entry ’57-0-default_ping_status’ for key 1]
INSERT INTO w3bm_options (option_id, option_name, option_type, option_value, option_description, option_admin_level, option_width) VALUES(57,’default_ping_status’, 5, ‘open’, ‘The default ping state for each new post’, 8, 20)
SQL/DB Error:
[You have an error in your SQL syntax. Check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near ” at line 1]
SELECT * FROM w3bm_options WHERE option_id =
SQL/DB Error:
[Duplicate entry ’58-0-default_pingback_flag’ for key 1]
INSERT INTO w3bm_options (option_id, option_name, option_type, option_value, option_description, option_admin_level, option_width) VALUES(58,’default_pingback_flag’, 5, ‘1’, ‘Whether the \’PingBack the URLs in this post\’ checkbox should be checked by default’, 8, 20)
SQL/DB Error:
[You have an error in your SQL syntax. Check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near ” at line 1]
SELECT * FROM w3bm_options WHERE option_id =
SQL/DB Error:
[Duplicate entry ’59-0-default_post_category’ for key 1]
INSERT INTO w3bm_options (option_id, option_name, option_type, option_value, option_description, option_admin_level, option_width) VALUES(59,’default_post_category’, 7, ‘1’, ‘The default category for each new post’, 8, 20)
SQL/DB Error:
[You have an error in your SQL syntax. Check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near ” at line 1]
SELECT * FROM w3bm_options WHERE option_id =
SQL/DB Error:
[Duplicate entry ’83-0-default_post_edit_rows’ for key 1]
INSERT INTO w3bm_options (option_id, option_name, option_type, option_value, option_description, option_admin_level, option_width) VALUES(83,’default_post_edit_rows’, 1, ‘9’, ‘The number of rows in the edit post form (min 3, max 100)’, 8, 5)
User setup successful!

Hi- just installed 1.0.2 and no errors , but still cant login to the first admin page…..
The password turns up in the datbase – no problem- the user ip and domain are 127.0.0.1 ?
A few more hints about server requirements would be a help, I have tried CHMOD the files to 766, without getting into the PHP i have run out of options… (MuTer< MT< MT) (Really would like a blog in PHP and not Perl)…
TX

Perhaps this will help
https://www.w3blindmice.com/w3bm/phpinfo.php
thanks
Kan