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[misty]

I know this may sound dumb.
but a friend added in a coppermine gallery to my site. in my ftp. however she hasnt given me a admin login username and password so i cant upload pictures and she wont be online for a few days so i was wondering could anyone tell me where and how i add in another admin username and pass?
thanks luv misty. xo

[Tranz]

In admin mode, click on Users. Edit the pertinent user and select Administrators in user groups. Click on the Modify User button

[Joachim Müller]

If I understand this correctly you have FTP access to the site, but no coppermine admin account, so your question is "how do I create a coppermine admin account?" (or "how do I modify my user account to become and admin account?"). The answer is: with FTP alone, you can't. You will have to use a software like phpMyAdmin that let's you access the database (such a software can be uploaded using your ftp account though if you don't already have it). Using phpMyAdmin, you should browse the user table. A coppermine user account differs from the admin account by group membership: and admin is in user group "1", a regular user is in group "2". All you have to do is create a user account (if you don't have one already) and change the "user_group" to "1" for this particular user.
Mind you, to install phpMyAdmin you'll need to know your mySQL settings - the fact that you needed a friend to install coppermine for you might indicate that you're new to this sort of stuff, so be extra carefull if you try this - modifying your database directly using phpMyAdmin can be risky if you don't know your way around...

Joachim

[Nibbler]

If your friend setup coppermine to use your email account then you could use the forgot password feature on the login page.