[Closed]: Lost Admin Permissions

[Bones17]

ok, i was having bridging problems with coppermine and phpbb3 but then i realized i had set up slightly different passwords for coppermine and phpbb3
so i changed my coppermine password to match my phpbb3 password and now i cant log in as an admin, but it logs me in as a user.

i really know nothing about this stuff... so be kind

[phill104]

Searching the forum for "lost admin password" brings up hundreds of threads dealing with this very question. Such as this, the very first answer.

http://forum.coppermine-gallery.net/index.php/topic,52213.0.html

It is also mandatory for you to post a link to your gallery. Please bear this in mind for the future and please try using the search function.

[Bones17]

sorry... i should have mentioned that i read all that already... i still cant access the admin panel thingy.
my password works to log in, but not as an admin....
here is my gallery
www.ladybonesonline.com/gallery

seriously, i've read everything.... i can't find anything that helps!

[Bones17]

oh, and when i request to send password reminder, it says critical error

[François Keller]

your gallery seems running cpg 1.5.0
The cpg1.5.* serie is still in alpha stage and is not suported. downgrade to the latest stable version (cpg1.4.25 on this moment)

[Bones17]

how do i do that???

[Bones17]

is downgrading my only option?? if so, how do i do it??? i tried to download 1.4 but it wont open...

[Joe Carver]

No support means no support - if you can't fix ver. 1.5.1 yourself, then follow the steps in the 1.4x docs for upgrading.

Upgrading Instructions

I have just now downloaded cpg1.4.25 and unzipped with no problem from here:
[edit] SourceForge Link  link deactivated, to avoid duplicate  [/edit]

[phill104]

How did you install 1.5?

1.5 is only in the alpha stage, goes unsupported at the moment and is only meant for experienced users to test.

You can download 1.4.25 from here.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/coppermine/files/

Click on the all files>1.4.25 (stable)>cpg1.4.25.zip file and then follow the install instructions from the docs, or ust one of the other archives if you know how to use them.

[Bones17]

i didnt know i downloaded 1.5... that other guy said i did tho.
i tried to download 1.4 but when i try to unzip it it says there is a problem with the file...

[phill104]

Download it again or try one of the other archives. I've just tested the zip and it works fine for me.

[Bones17]

its saying tis not a valid archive.... i downloaded it a second time with the same error.
what now???
i'm getting so frustrated

[Fabricio Ferrero]

http://sourceforge.net/projects/coppermine/files/ --> All Files --> Coppermine --> 1.4.25 (stable) --> cpg1.4.25.zip

[Joachim Müller]

You can't actually downgrade from cpg1.5.x to cpg1.4.x -  you need to delete the cpg1.5.x install and start over with cpg1.4.x., as per docs.
We have a strict "one question per thread" policy that you agreed to respect when signing up and your original question was about recovering from a lost admin password. So this thread has already drifted enough. Locking.