Reset a user password from the shell
Reset a normal user identity when the usual recovery flow cannot be used.
Prefer the normal password-reset flow or the admin user-management screen. For a trusted administrator recovering a normal user account, connect with bin/zotonic shell and choose the correct site:
C = z:c(garden).
UserId = m_rsc:rid(alice_person, C).
m_rsc:p(UserId, title, C).
Confirm the person's identity and username in admin. Then use m_identity:set_username_pw(UserId, Username, NewPassword, C), with binary values for the verified username and a new strong password. Check for ok; do not claim success on an error. Never use this to grant a username to an unrelated resource. Avoid recording the password in shared transcripts; the shell or terminal may retain input history.
The special admin login (resource 1) is controlled by the site's admin_password configuration. Change that at its owning configuration layer and follow the deployment's restart procedure; a normal identity update is not a substitute.
Test the login privately, then press Ctrl-C twice to leave the remote shell.