Place this in your /root drupal directory. Change NEWPASSHERE to the new password for the root user. run yoursite.com/drupal-password-reset.php Take the output new password hash then go into MySQL and enter it, replacing: PASSWORDHASHOUTPUT This updates the admin user account to the new password.

drupal-password-reset.php

<?php

/*
 * Resets password, copy this into Users table in MySQL
 * Drupal 7
 */
define('DRUPAL_ROOT', getcwd());
require_once DRUPAL_ROOT . '/includes/bootstrap.inc';
drupal_bootstrap(DRUPAL_BOOTSTRAP_FULL);
 
require_once 'includes/password.inc';
echo user_hash_password('NEWPASSHERE');
 
die();
menu_execute_active_handler(); 


/*
 * this gives hash then run:
 * UPDATE users SET pass ='PASSWORDHASHOUTPUT' WHERE uid = 1;
 * If blocked by temporarily blocked run this:
 * DELETE FROM `flood`;
 */

?>