One thing that is a bit confusing is the correlation between local user/pw and the ones on meighan.net. I can't tell if it's a bug or not but something is funny.
First user I made on the live site I thought I had forgotten the password to, even though it's the same as I've always used, since it wouldn't let me in on the live site anymore. So I just made another user on live and went from there. Then a week later I did the local install and at first I thought it might be the same users as the live accounts but it didn't let me in so I created a user the same as the 2nd and current name/pw combo I was using on live. It didn't give me the user already exists error so at that point I just assumed each login database was separate for security reasons.
Fast forward to today and the first time I tried to do an update since my initial local install. In messing around I found that my very first user even though it wasn't created locally can in fact login locally and has all the old data I was playing with way back when on the live site. Yet it still cannot login on live. The 2nd user name however does not match the data it has on live and doesn't have the old local data either it's just blank (having some issues with the restore procedure so I'll look at that video again). But the good part is that 2nd user can login on both sites.
Earlier when I saw the differences between 2nd user on live and local I just figured it was completely separate or it used a unique_id on the user records so I had a mismatch going when I created it locally. However the fact I can login to the 1st original user on local without ever creating it locally with the password I assumed it had all along, but it doesn't work on the live site has me stumped.
Confusing, maybe. Bug, no.
On sept 12 I changed every password to "welcome". This is a password that can only be used to rename.
Here is that thread. You are not allowed to view links.
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The password on your local install will be identical to meighan.net. If
1) you have reinstalled the database with a recent zip download
2) you haven't just changed your password.
I take exports from meighan.net 1-3. Times per week and put them in the zip file.
You can always edit your entry in the members database on your localhost and set it to "welcome". you can then follow thread above.
This will take care until I do another export from meighan.net
sorry for any confusion