# Reset user password in your own Ghost Blog

DevFeed: [Reset user password in your own Ghost Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/reset-user-password-in-your-own-ghost-blog-27593.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://gagor.pro/2013/11/reset-user-password-in-your-own-ghost-blog/>)

Author: Tom

Published: 2013-11-28T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Tomasz Gągor](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/tomasz-gagor.md>)

Topics: [passwords](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/passwords.md>), [SQLite](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/sqlite.md>), [Databases](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/databases.md>), [account](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/account.md>)

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## AI overview

A tutorial explains how to reset a user password in a self-hosted Ghost blog by locating the SQLite database, generating a bcrypt password hash, updating the database, and reactivating a locked account if necessary. It recommends changing the password afterward because online hash generators may not be trustworthy.

## Source excerpt

Learn how to reset a user password in your own Ghost Blog by accessing the SQLite database and updating the password hash.