Go to your zope home directory... $cd {zope} {zope}$ su Password: {zope}# python zpasswd.py access This will bring up a list of prompts Username:admin #the name of the super user Password: #the new password Verify Password: #the new password again Please choose a format from: SHA - SHA-1 hashed password CRYPT - UNIX-style crypt password CLEARTEXT - no protection. Encoding: #type of password (SHA or CRYPT advisable #for security reasons. CLEARTEXT means #that the password is kept like that and #anyone with access to the file has #aoutomatic access to your admin password. Domain restrictions: #leave blank util you've read & understood #the howto posted earlier by Tino ie http://www.zope.org/Documentation/Misc/SECURITY.txt {zope}# You are then ready to login with your username and password. Note that {zope} refers to your zope "home" directory ie the one in which the start script resides. My 2 cents, Patrick. On Wed, 11 Apr 2001, Laurent Rathle wrote:
Hello,
I've lost My Zope admin password. Is ther a way to avoid a complete reinstallation?
Thank you