How to reset lost admin password in Magento 2

December 8, 2015 - Fire development, Magento 2

Magento 2 Development

Utilize CLI to reset lost admin password in Magento 2. You should create a new admin user able to change your forgotten password. Use the following command, to generate a new user:

<path_to_magento>/bin/magento admin:user:create [--admin-user="..."] [--admin-password="..."] [--admin-email="..."] [--admin-firstname="..."] [--admin-lastname="..."]

1	<path_to_magento>/bin/magento admin:user:create [--admin-user="..."] [--admin-password="..."] [--admin-email="..."] [--admin-firstname="..."] [--admin-lastname="..."]