So I can't login anymore :( and won't receive email logins or forgotten password emails

[omarfilip]

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Create an admin account from the console

This guide provides instructions for creating an admin account or granting admin privileges using the console in a self-hosted Discourse installation. Required user level: System Administrator Console access required So you want to create/grant Admin privileges or reset user password from console? Great, let’s get started! This guide will cover the following: Accessing the console Creating a new account with admin privileges Resetting an existin…

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Reset user password by Admin

First of all I would be very careful, and also backup your db. ssh into your server cd /var/discourse ./launcher enter app rails c u = User.find_by_email('email@test.com') u.password='zKRR6vTZKvJAB84V9jdgeydS' u.save! ctrl+d to exit I still think the user should figure out their email issues first though, so that they can just do a normal password reset, or change their email address for them.