Hi @alfiepanda ,

I had a similar issue when installing with XAMPP too, please try this solution, it worked for me at the time: https://forums.b2evolution.net/topic-13945

script to change a password on v6.

Create a new file in the root "/hacks.php" with the following code:

PHP

	<?php
	require_once dirname(__FILE__).'/conf/_config.php';
	require_once $inc_path.'_main.inc.php';
	 
	if( param( 'reset_admin_pass', 'string' ) == 'your_secret_key' )
	{
	    $your_user_ID = 1; // ID of your admin user
	 
	    $UserCache = & get_UserCache();
	    $User = & $UserCache->get_by_ID( $your_user_ID );
	 
	    $new_pass = generate_random_passwd();
	    $User->set_password( $new_pass );
	 
	    if( $User->dbupdate() )
	    {
	        $Messages->add( 'Admin password changed to "<b>'.$new_pass.'</b>"', 'success' );
	        $Messages->add( 'You should now remove the file /hacks.php', 'success' );
	        $Messages->display();
	    }
	}
	?>

Then call an url http://YOUR_SITE.com/hacks.php?reset_admin_pass=your_secret_key

Do not forget to delete the file /hacks.php once you're done! otherwise anyone will be able to reset your password at any time!

Note: ideally you should change your_secret_key in the code and in the url when you call the script. This way it's harder for anyone else but you to use the script.

Hum... it's not normal that the admin account is not activated by default.

@alfiepanda @theking did you install using b2evolution's installer or did you use a script installer that was bundled with XAMPP?

Hello
Thank you for your interest and follow up. I installed on MX18 linux using the b2 installer. I have not resolved the matter but am now going to retry using AMPPS that has a direct link to B2evolution installation and seems to be a better option. We'll see. I would comment that the installation instructions for localhost installations are somewhat ambiguous -at least to me.
Thanks I'll evaluate the AMPPS option and then if OK, uninstall XAMPP and try again.

Thanks
Tony

Hi @fplanque

I have two scenarios, in both I used the b2 installer from b2evolution.net (b2evolution-6.10.7-stable-2019-02-12):

1) At home on my personal computer (Windows 8.1 64bits with XAMPP 7.3.2, Mozilla Firefox 66);
2) At work on the company's computer (Windows 10 64bits with EasyPHP Portable (https://www.easyphp.org/), Google Chrome);

The second (at work) ran amazingly well, installed well as predicted. The problem I had was at home, with the XAMPP/Firefox, for some reason, the installation was stopping while in progress (the part when we see the list of tasks updating on the broswer's page), then freezes. I had to refresh the browser to finish it, and that's when I end up not receiving the password message on screen.

Luckilly I found that workaround that I described above, that worked like a charm.

Then the issue is not that the admin account. The issue was that the install did not finish, which is a completely different issue.

It would be interesting if you could post a screenshot showing exactly where the install stopped.

Hi,
Ok so I did it again to screen capture it, a clean install in a test folder, I also used Firefox in private mode to avoid any caching issues. Find attached the sequence of images. For some reason it freezes while creating table "<evo_items__prerendering>".
User/password for database local I'm using the default "root"/(none);

[b2evolution 6.10.7-stable]

Ok you show screenshot where the installer seems to stop at "created table evo_items__prerendering" but did you scroll down all the way?

In the next screenshot you show all tables up to evo_widget have been created. So where did the installer really stop?

Yes I did scroll down all the way, the page just froze like that (then I used firefox capture tool to capture the full page image).
I said installer "stopped" because on another computer, the installation that worked, the top bar got fully complete and I remember I saw some password for first use.

I tested the install script of b2evolution versions: 6.11.0-beta and 6.10.7-stable on the following server:

Windows 10 64-bit

XAMPP 3.2.3
Apache/2.4.38 (Win64)
PHP Version 7.3.3
mysqlnd 5.0.12-dev

FireFox 66.0.2(64-bit):

Chrome 73.0.3683.86 (Official Build) (64-bit):

Guys, good newzzz! Problem solved!

Having the same issue while installing the 6.11.0-beta, I decided to go all in and kill the beast once and for all!!!.
The page stops refreshing after 30 seconds so... (does it ring a bell anyone?), script max execution time! I went to edit the php.ini, changed the max_execution_time to 180, and now it works like a charm!
For some reason my system is slow or something, needing more than 30 seconds to finish the install
Find images below :D

@theking Thanks