From 36297d496ea2c4295c417d4c33892c2e56c6a01a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christoph <ckubu@oopen.de>
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2026 11:55:05 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add script 'README.reset-user-password'.

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 README.reset-user-password | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 README.reset-user-password

diff --git a/README.reset-user-password b/README.reset-user-password
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8ea34c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README.reset-user-password
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# ---
+# Update a user password
+# ---
+
+# directly update user passwords via the Docker console using the Rails command: 
+#
+#     User.find_by(email: "<email>").update_attribute(:password,"<new password>")
+#
+
+
+# 1. SSH into the server.
+
+
+# 2. iEnter docker Container greenlight ( version 3.x)
+#
+#     docker exec -it greenlight-v3 bash
+#
+docker exec -it greenlight-v3 bash
+
+
+# 3. Run bundle 'bundle exec rails c'
+#
+#     aae18f99e028:/usr/src/app# bundle exec rails c
+#
+bundle exec rails c
+
+
+# 4. Change user password
+#
+#     greenlight(prod)> User.find_by(email: "<email>").update_attribute(:password,"<new password>").
+#
+#  or
+#
+#     greenlight(prod)> user = User.find_by!(email: 'user@example.com')
+#     greenlight(prod)> user.update!(password: 'NewPassword', password_confirmation: 'NewPassword')
+#
+User.find_by(email: "inge@so36.net").update_attribute(:password, "pacotaibo2")