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9/6/2012 9:08 AM
 
Rob Venable


Joined: 4/14/2006
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Hi,

I have started creating my site on a Development server which points to a database on that server. As I'm working along, I realize that I should probably be working locally through Visual Studio because it is easier to implement custom modules and to save my work in TFS as well.

I thought I could set up my DNN site locally through Visual Studio and install it on a different database (because all of my work is currently on my DEV database and I don't want to disrupt my current work) and I used the same host account and password and then change my web.config to point to my DEV database so that all of my previous work is still there but when I log in to my host account, it doesn't recognize my password. Is this because I set it up through a different install? Is there any way of logging in to my local version if DNN withough having to reinstall the files and re-do my database?

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9/6/2012 9:52 AM
 
Michael Tobisch


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Rob,

the passwords are encrypted using the machine key in the web.config file. This key is generated during the first installation.

As far as I understand you have deleted the installation - if no, you can just copy the machine key from your old web.config to your new one - this should work. (Better backup your web.config before)

If yes, there is a way to reset the host password, see here.

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Michael

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9/6/2012 10:06 AM
 
Rob Venable


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Ahhh...thanks Michael. You're a life saver.
 
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9/6/2012 10:14 AM
 
cathal connolly


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if the 2nd one is a new install, that is expected behavior - DotNetNuke generates a unique machinekey for each install to ensure that the same password has a unique encryption. You can "fix" this by resetting the password, see http://www.dotnetnuke.com/Resources/W... but I'd recommend you look into copying the test install itself (both files and database) - heres an excellent blog on doing so - http://www.ifinity.com.au/2012/09/05/...
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9/6/2012 2:38 PM
 
Rob Venable


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Thanks Cathal.
 
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