If you know that Movable Type is properly configured to send e-mails, and a valid e-mail address and password recovery word / phrase has been set in the Movable Type author profile for the "admin" username, you may be able to reset the Movable Type password for the "admin" user by logging out of Movable Type, then using the "Forgot your password?" link on the login page to reset the Movable Type password for the "admin" user and have Movable Type e-mail the new password.
If you are not able to use the "Forgot your password?" link, you may be able to view the author name (username) and password hint in the Movable Type database, allowing you then to recover the password. The hint can be found in the author_hint field in the mt_author table, and you should be able use a database tool such as phpMyAdmin to view this.
If you are still unable to use the "Forgot your password?" feature, you may be able to use a database tool such as phpMyAdmin to reset the password directly in the Movable Type database. To reset the author password, we would suggest changing the password by running the following SQL query on the Movable Type database:
UPDATE mt_author SET author_password =
encrypt('NEWPASSWORD') WHERE author_name = 'USERNAME';
In the above query, replace NEWPASSWORD with the new password you wish to set, and USERNAME with the author's Movable Type login username that you wish to set this password for.
After running the above query, you should then be able to log in to Movable Type using the new password set in the above query.
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