[Solved] User admin account is disabled. How to abilitate again?

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My user admin was locked after trying to login with wrong credentials, but also the account is disabled, so I cannot login and I tried to reset the password but I’m not getting any e-mail.

Is there any way to abilitate the user from the database?

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try this:
sudo -u www-data php occ user:resetpassword admin_username

3

Thanks for your suggestion. Something important I forgot to mention, is that I do not have SSH access. I have nextcloud on my webhosting server with cPanel.

Is any other suggestion there?

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  • If you’re able to execute SQL command on your database you can try the following command (on your own risk!):
    UPDATE oc_users SET password = '<admin_new_pass>' WHERE uid = '<admin_user_name>';
  • Ask your web hoster support for help.
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Thank you very much for your suggestions.

I resolve it other way. I want to share it just in case it helps someone else:

At oc_group_user table within phpMyAdmin, I copy another user and add it to the admin group. Thay way I access with that user as an administrator and activate back the original admin account.

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In case it helps, you can access SSH in Cpanel as detailed in this guide.

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I’ve found an easier solution. You need an access to database (phpMyAdmin, Adminer, or else). You have to just execute this query:

UPDATE oc_preferences SET configvalue = 'true' WHERE appid = 'core' AND configkey = 'enabled' AND userid = 'user_id'

Replace user_id with user’s login id.

Or in the console (locally or by SSH) from NextCloud directory:

sudo -u www-data php occ user:enable user_id

I just had the same problem and by checking differences in database, I’ve found this row in oc_preferences. Enjoy!

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