KDXRider.net update

[KDX Butterfly]

... now i'm scared

[SS109]

... now i'm scared

Say what?

[Julien D]

Hmm?

[Mr. Wibbens]

huh?

[KDX Butterfly]

just know that i have until nov. to figure this stuff out ... i believe i can do it; just scared to the amount of stuff there is. need hands-on ASSistance! (cuz i feel 'bout like one right now.)

just overwhelmed

[SS109]

Don't sweat it. Once you get it down it will be smooth sailing!

[KDX Butterfly]

Don't sweat it. Once you get it down it will be smooth sailing!

Thanks. But I wish you could see what I see right now. Think I will rest on it for a few days.

[KDX Butterfly]

not finding the actual software he used to actually BUILD the website with. i think this is my biggest problem right now.

[Mr. Wibbens]

Wouldn't that be here: http://www.phpbb.com/

[Julien D]

Yes, it's phpbb. I have set up a few forums using it. Once you figure it out it's not bad at all. If you can get into the admin account, the GUI is pretty straight forward. They have a great support forum as well, if you run into specific issues.

[fuzzy]

Admin account is the issue.

[Mr. Wibbens]

They have a support forum http://www.phpbb.com/community/

Has anyone asked over there yet?



I pm'd the head of the support team

Next PM in history
Re: Our Admin died
Sent: Thu Mar 17, 2011 4:13 pm
From: Noxwizard
To: Wibby

Hello,
This is certainly a difficult situation. Without the credentials to the site, it's going to be very hard for you to do anything. You would have to contact the site who's hosting your site and see if there's any way that you can transfer ownership. The same thing would have to be done for the domain. You'll have to contact the domain registrar and try to get it transferred. WhoIs lookups will point you in the right direction to finding out the contact information for those: http://www.who.is/whois/kdxrider.net/

-Patrick Webster
Support Team Leader

[Mr. Wibbens]

REGISTRY WHOIS FOR KDXRIDER.NET
Domain Name: kdxrider.net
Updated: 27 minutes ago - Refresh

Registrar: ENOM, INC.
Whois Server: whois.enom.com
Referral URL: http://www.enom.com
Status: clientTransferProhibited

Expiration Date: 2011-11-26
Creation Date: 2004-11-26
Last Update Date: 2011-01-13

Name Servers:
ns.server20090.net
ns2.server20090.net
See kdxrider.net DNS Records

Information Updated: Thu, 17 Mar 2011 23:55:20 UTC
KDXRIDER.NET SITE INFORMATION
IP: 64.38.25.114
IP Location: Chicago, United States
Website Status: active
Server Type: Apache/2.2.14 (Unix) mod_ssl/2.2.14 OpenSSL/0.9.8e-fips-rhel5 mod_auth_passthrough/2.1 mod_bwlimited/1.4 FrontPage/5.0.2.2635
Alexa Trend/Rank: 1 Month: 3,463,181 3 Month: 6,650,766
Page Views per Visit: 1 Month: 1.5 3 Month: 1.5

[fuzzy]

The authentication for the PHPbb is different from the authentication into the host. Butterfly was able to gain access into the host. Now we need to hack 'admin' or 'indawoods'

[Julien D]

Yeah, the admin access to the site will not get you admin access to the phpbb config, but it will let you get into the file system. There may be something you can do there.

I have a PHPBB forum still running on a server at the house. I'm sure it's pretty out of date, but I will see what I can find about resetting the admin PW. It seems I was able to do that through a php script at some point in time. Kinda scary running scripts against a live and busy forum though. At least we could test it on mine first.

Wibb,

Can you continue that converstaion with the PHP Support lead? Let him know that family has obtained ownership of the site, and access to the host. What they do not have is access to the PHPBB admin. I'm sure he will have some advice on getting that PW blanked out or reset.


Fuzzy,

If you ever need help, feel free to give me a shout. I'll do whatever I can!

[sped66]

EDIT: Nevermind. Just realized my idea didn't make sense.

[Mr. Wibbens]

Yeah, the admin access to the site will not get you admin access to the phpbb config, but it will let you get into the file system. There may be something you can do there.

I have a PHPBB forum still running on a server at the house. I'm sure it's pretty out of date, but I will see what I can find about resetting the admin PW. It seems I was able to do that through a php script at some point in time. Kinda scary running scripts against a live and busy forum though. At least we could test it on mine first.

Wibb,

Can you continue that converstaion with the PHP Support lead? Let him know that family has obtained ownership of the site, and access to the host. What they do not have is access to the PHPBB admin. I'm sure he will have some advice on getting that PW blanked out or reset.

Sent: Fri Mar 18, 2011 10:15 am
From: Noxwizard
To: Wibby

Somewhere in the website control panel you should be able to access a tool called phpMyAdmin. From there you will need to run this query:

CODE: SELECT ALL
UPDATE phpbb_users SET user_password = MD5('new password') WHERE user_id = 2;

Change value inside of the apostrophes to the desired password, and make sure the user ID corresponds to the admin account.


http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopi ... 0&t=588697

[KDX Butterfly]

Yeah, the admin access to the site will not get you admin access to the phpbb config, but it will let you get into the file system. There may be something you can do there.

I have a PHPBB forum still running on a server at the house. I'm sure it's pretty out of date, but I will see what I can find about resetting the admin PW. It seems I was able to do that through a php script at some point in time. Kinda scary running scripts against a live and busy forum though. At least we could test it on mine first.

Wibb,

Can you continue that converstaion with the PHP Support lead? Let him know that family has obtained ownership of the site, and access to the host. What they do not have is access to the PHPBB admin. I'm sure he will have some advice on getting that PW blanked out or reset.

Sent: Fri Mar 18, 2011 10:15 am
From: Noxwizard
To: Wibby

Somewhere in the website control panel you should be able to access a tool called phpMyAdmin. From there you will need to run this query:

CODE: SELECT ALL
UPDATE phpbb_users SET user_password = MD5('new password') WHERE user_id = 2;

Change value inside of the apostrophes to the desired password, and make sure the user ID corresponds to the admin account.


http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopi ... 0&t=588697

I have been in that phpmyadmin on multiple occasions. I know nothing.
(Lost is a better word for it.) Guess I better start doin' a lot of reading.

[Mr. Wibbens]

Be better off finding someone that knows what they are doing

[KDX Butterfly]

Be better off finding someone that knows what they are doing

I know. I am believing that whole-heartedly. This is definitely NOT what I had expected.

Thanks to everyone for their help and support.

Love to you all.