If you don’t want to use Passwords generated by wordpress itself, you can do it manual on a MYSQL Console
howto:
- Login to your Webserver with the Database via encrypted SSH!!
- Login to the MYSQL Server Conssole with
$ mysql -u username -p
- Enter Password, and change database with
mysql>use database-name-of-blog
- Now Set Password for the User
mysql>UPDATE wp_users SET user_pass = MD5('NEWPASSWORD-16-DIGITS') WHERE user_login = "THEUSERNAME";
- System shows Echo:
mysql> ok.. Changed 1 Row..
- Quit
mysql> exit
- Logout of SSH