Help - I Cannot Find My Username to WP Site

Hello,

Can you try using your username as 'root'? If you do not know your root password your can reset it using this guide:

https://www.linode.com/docs/platform/ac … t-password">https://www.linode.com/docs/platform/accounts-and-passwords/#resetting-the-root-password

Also, you can sign into your server and run this command to see your users:

sudo cat /etc/passwd

I hope this helps!

Regards,

Soh

This is for a Wordpress site. I would load the database for your site and check the users table for the list of users for the WP site.

@sohsoh5:

Hello,

Can you try using your username as 'root'? If you do not know your root password your can reset it using this guide:

https://www.linode.com/docs/platform/ac … t-password">https://www.linode.com/docs/platform/accounts-and-passwords/#resetting-the-root-password

Also, you can sign into your server and run this command to see your users:

sudo cat /etc/passwd

I hope this helps!

Regards,

Soh

I'm talking about my username for a site in WP.

The login page is: wordpress.com/wp-admin

I don't understand your instructions. Can you be more specific?

@derfy:

This is for a Wordpress site. I would load the database for your site and check the users table for the list of users for the WP site.

I'm trying to ask just how to do that.

I already established my Wordpress site with Lindode through Command Line. I created the site already in Linode. Doesn't that mean the database was ALREADY created for my site? I loaded a wordpress site onto my account at Linode.

I am simply asking how to find my USERNAME. How do you view my database inside me account?

I cannot believe nobody at Linode knows how to do this….

Hello,

My apologies, you are correct that for a Wordpress installation you'll need to look through the database users to find the user to log in with. There are a couple of tricks to check this user, a quick one would include the email you have attached to the file - if you know what that is you can use this reset:

http://codex.wordpress.org/Resetting_Yo … ic_emailer">http://codex.wordpress.org/ResettingYourPassword#Throughtheautomatic_emailer

Another way is through looking in your Wordpress database directly. You'll want to log into the database and go through your Wordpress database. All registered users are on the user table, this guide should show you the steps to help find your Wordpress database:

http://codex.wordpress.org/Resetting_Yo … mmand_Line">http://codex.wordpress.org/ResettingYourPassword#ThroughMySQLCommand_Line

Please note that if you do not know your root username to sign into the database you can use the earlier mentioned reset root password guide.

Also, admin is usually the username that is defaulted to, have you attempted to try that as well?

Regards,

Soh

@sohsoh5:

Hello,

My apologies, you are correct that for a Wordpress installation you'll need to look through the database users to find the user to log in with. There are a couple of tricks to check this user, a quick one would include the email you have attached to the file - if you know what that is you can use this reset:

http://codex.wordpress.org/Resetting_Yo … ic_emailer">http://codex.wordpress.org/ResettingYourPassword#Throughtheautomatic_emailer

Another way is through looking in your Wordpress database directly. You'll want to log into the database and go through your Wordpress database. All registered users are on the user table, this guide should show you the steps to help find your Wordpress database:

http://codex.wordpress.org/Resetting_Yo … mmand_Line">http://codex.wordpress.org/ResettingYourPassword#ThroughMySQLCommand_Line

Please note that if you do not know your root username to sign into the database you can use the earlier mentioned reset root password guide.

Also, admin is usually the username that is defaulted to, have you attempted to try that as well?

Regards,

Soh

This worked….thanks!!

Hello,

I'm really glad to hear it! We hope to see you again around these parts!

Regards,

Soh