[Zope] locked out of zope

[Charlie Reiman]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: zope-admin@zope.org [mailto:zope-admin@zope.org]On Behalf Of
> liam_cleary@vodafone.ie
> Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2003 8:58 AM
> To: zope@zope.org
> Subject: [Zope] locked out of zope
>
>
> Hello
>
> I am currently running zope on windows and i a have ran into a bit of a
> problem. I was in the middle of creating a new user and i began to play
> around with the various options in acl_users. The last thing i remember
> doing was pressing the "encrpyt all passwords button" and saving
> the changes
>
> I logged out and tried to log back in again with the new user that i had
> just created but it wouldnt accept the username and passwd. So i tried to
> use my existing user names and it wouldnt accept any of them either.The
> postion im in now is that iam totally locked out of the zmi.
>
> I dont know how to create an emergency user in windows, if i have to even
> do this at all. Please help me.
> Looking forward to hearing from you
> Thanks
> liam

This is a known bug in 2.5.1. The easiest way to create the emergency user
(IIRC) is to do this (unix):

echo 'argh:argh' > inituser

Sign in as argh (pw: argh), give admin a new password, sign in as admin, and
delete argh and inituser.