Create the user normally via
http://path/to/mantis/manage_user_create_page.php(using an existing admin account)Open a command prompt and log into MySQL (
mysql -u root -p)use bugtracker;(where bugtracker is the name of the mantis bd; default = bugtracker)update mantis_user_table set password=md5('password') where username='username';
The whole cmd exchange looks like this:
C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 4.1\bin>mysql -u root -p
Enter password:*********
Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 7 to server version: 4.1.21-community-ntType 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the buffer.
mysql> use bugtracker;
Database changedmysql> update mantis_user_table set password=md5('password') where username='username';
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)
Rows matched: 1 Changed: 1 Warnings: 0