Reset admin password on SQL server
Hi all
I just tried to login to my local TeamCity installation and it fails. It seems that I forgot the password (I had it safely stored somewhere but TeamCity isn't letting me in). So now I'm looking for a way to reset the admin password. I know there's a document on the wiki describing how to do it but that only goes for the default authentication (which I have) and the default database (which I don't have). So is there a way to reset the admin password or otherwise get back into my installation. I don't mind nuking the users and adding a new one but I'd prefer not to lose the projects. It's kind of an experimental setup and I don't really want to redo the work I've to get it here.
Oh and I'm on TeamCity 4.5.4 (build 9071) with SQL server 2008 express.
Thanks
Patrick
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Hi!
I've seen a table dbo.users in my SQL Server database, with a PASSWORD field (encoded of course).
I've seen a table dbo.usergroup_roles, with a ROLE_ID field, that can be SYSTEM_ADMIN.
I do not have a solution but can suggest you to set the SYSTEM_ADMIN role on another user that you know the password, adding a row in the dbo.usergroup_roles.
Another solution could be to replace the PASSWORD field of dbo.users for your admin user with a hash that correspond to a password you already know.
Hope it'd help! Tell me if it works!
Olivier.
You can change password of your user account right in the users table. MD5 is used for password encoding.