From 42717bf38db8dabbf59a399d8d0748494feae6f9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Hui Lan Date: Sat, 30 May 2020 23:14:57 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] Create file UserDoc.md and add an entry about resetting password. --- UserDoc.md | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+) create mode 100644 UserDoc.md diff --git a/UserDoc.md b/UserDoc.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9d023d4 --- /dev/null +++ b/UserDoc.md @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +Resetting password +------------------- + +We can reset a user's password by directly modifying the MySQL database table called `users_table`. More specifically, we delete that user's information from `users_table` so that the user could sign up again. Suppose the user's student number is 201131129138. + +To do so, LRR administrator logs in to MySQL using the following command: `mysql -u username -p`. Type the correct password to access the MySQL database. + +After that, issue the following commands in the mysql prompt. + +- `use lrr;` + +- `delete from users_table where Student_ID="201131129138";` + +The first one uses a database called lrr in MySQL. The second one deletes a record from `users_table` where the student number is 201131129138. +