add instructions for resetting password (#374)

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- [Database Information and Maintenance](./db-maintenance.md) - [Database Information and Maintenance](./db-maintenance.md)
- [Issues with CAPTCHA](./captcha-bug.md) - [Issues with CAPTCHA](./captcha-bug.md)
- [How to setup Anti-Captcha](./anti-captcha.md) - [How to setup Anti-Captcha](./anti-captcha.md)
- [How to reset a user's password](./reset-pass.md)
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# How to reset a user's password
Resetting a user's invidious password needs you to edit the database.
Firstly, generate a bcrypt-encrypted hash for the new password you want to set for the user.
This can be done with the `bcrypt` python module, though there are other ways of doing the same.
```
python3 -c 'import bcrypt; print(bcrypt.hashpw(b"<INSERT PASSWORD HERE>", bcrypt.gensalt(rounds=10)).decode("ascii"))'
```
To do so, first attach to the database:
```
# su - postgres
$ psql
postgres=# \c invidious
```
Now, run the following SQL query:
```
UPDATE users SET password = 'HASH' WHERE email = 'USERNAME';
```
After that, the password should be reset.

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- 'anti-captcha.md' - 'anti-captcha.md'
- 'takedown.md' - 'takedown.md'
- 'hide-instance-behind-proxy-server.md' - 'hide-instance-behind-proxy-server.md'
- 'reset-pass.md'
- 'For Developers': - 'For Developers':
- 'api.md' - 'api.md'
- 'api/common_types.md' - 'api/common_types.md'