Install issue: Failed in mid-install (IMAP setup)

[deanblackburn]

I was nearly through configuration (I wanna say around the 75% mark?), and the webserver was restarted, and my browser crashed. Returning to the install page, I got a message "Congratulations, your account setup is complete, please login"...

I can't login, or otherwise proceed. The docs are not helpful, and make no overt reference to an initial login/admin account setup...

So, I'm just curious if there's a way to fix this short of killing/rebuilding the database... And also if there are any plans to flesh out the docs (especially the install->first login transition - the quickstart guide assumes you're already logged in).

Oh, and before I forget - I never saw a requirement for "php5-dev" to be installed, but it is required to use phpize, which is a dependency for mailparser installs on Ubuntu.

[jstanden]

Hey Dean!

The installer walks you through creating your 'workers'. One of these workers is assumed to be yourself, and the password you define (or are emailed) is how you log in. There is no longer a security-compromising "superuser" account in Cerb4.

Without knowing exactly where your installer was interrupted I can't say with certainty what you'd need to do to continue. However, if the installer had begun prompting you for SMTP/POP3/Workers you should be fine. You can re-enter any of that information from the Configuration section.

To log in you'd need to look at your 'worker' database table. Does it have any rows?

If not, you really should just wipe the DB and restart the installer. It would be a hack to get things going and you'll never be certain everything was set up properly.

If you do have a worker record there and you simply don't know the password, you can change the password with a query like:
UPDATE worker SET pass = MD5('new_password') WHERE email = 'you@domain';