I test the following solution for resetting passowrd throught SQL Server the sql code from
http://www.dnnskin.com/KnowledgeBase/NewsArticleAdmin1/tabid/500/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/54/How-to-reset-host-account-password.aspx
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-- IT IS WORKING FOR ANY SQL SERVER
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/*
-- Database Utility ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Description : Reset a Password in a DotNetNuke database
Author : Tony Tullemans
Date Created : 18.04.2007
Note/s : Before you run this script you must know the UserName and Password of another
registered DNN user in the database you wish to affect.
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*/
DECLARE @databaseName VARCHAR(128)
SELECT @databaseName = DB_NAME()
PRINT 'RESET PASSWORD IN DATABASE : ' + @databaseName
PRINT '-----------------------------' + REPLICATE('-', DATALENGTH(@databaseName ));
DECLARE @knownUserName NVARCHAR(128)
DECLARE @lostUserName NVARCHAR(128)
DECLARE @lostUserId NVARCHAR(128)
DECLARE @knownPassword NVARCHAR(128)
DECLARE @knownSalt NVARCHAR(128)
SET @knownUserName = 'Tonic'
SET @lostUserName = 'host'
SELECT @knownPassword = Password, @knownSalt = PasswordSalt
FROM aspnet_Membership
INNER JOIN aspnet_users
ON aspnet_Membership.UserId = aspnet_users.UserId
where UserName = @knownUserName;
PRINT ''
PRINT 'Known Password for "' + @knownUserName + '" is : ' + @knownPassword
PRINT 'Known Password Salt for "' + @knownUserName + '" is : ' + @knownSalt
SELECT @lostUserId = aspnet_Membership.UserId
FROM aspnet_Membership
INNER JOIN aspnet_users
ON aspnet_Membership.UserId = aspnet_users.UserId
WHERE UserName = @lostUserName;
PRINT ''
PRINT 'UserID for "' + @lostUserName + '" is : ' + @lostUserId
PRINT ''
IF (DATALENGTH(@lostUserName) <= 0 OR @lostUserName IS NULL)
PRINT 'Invalid Lost User Name ' + @lostUserName
ELSE BEGIN
IF (DATALENGTH(@knownUserName) <= 0 OR @knownUserName IS NULL)
PRINT 'Invalid Lost User Name ' + @lostUserName
ELSE BEGIN
IF (DATALENGTH(@knownPassword) <= 0 OR @knownPassword IS NULL)
PRINT 'Invalid Known Password ' + @knownPassword
ELSE BEGIN
IF (DATALENGTH(@knownSalt) <= 0 OR @knownSalt IS NULL)
PRINT 'Invalid Known Salt ' + @knownSalt
ELSE BEGIN
PRINT ''
PRINT 'BEFORE'
SELECT left(UserName, 12) as UserName, aspnet_Membership.UserId, left(Email, 20) as Email, Password, PasswordSalt
FROM aspnet_Membership INNER JOIN aspnet_users ON aspnet_Membership.UserId = aspnet_users.UserId
WHERE UserName IN ( @knownUserName, @lostUserName );
PRINT ''
PRINT 'Changing Password for User Id : "' + @lostUserId + '" to "' + @knownPassword + '"'
PRINT ''
UPDATE aspnet_Membership
SET Password = @knownPassword,
PasswordSalt = @knownSalt
-- SELECT UserId, Password, PasswordSalt
-- FROM aspnet_Membership
WHERE UserId = @lostUserId;
PRINT ''
PRINT 'AFTER'
SELECT left(UserName, 12) as UserName, aspnet_Membership.UserId, left(Email, 20) as Email, Password, PasswordSalt
FROM aspnet_Membership INNER JOIN aspnet_users ON aspnet_Membership.UserId = aspnet_users.UserId
WHERE UserName IN ( @knownUserName, @lostUserName );
END
END
END
END
GO
PRINT ''
PRINT ' * * * END OF SCRIPT * * *'
PRINT ''
GO