I forgot my password as admin for my YaBB forum. There is some way to recover it?

Bill is right on time here. The only problem with this method is if by some chance that email is no longer available...

There is a work around for that issue (email unavailable or typed in wrong) but I would not want to put that out there unless I could positively ID you as the for sure owner of the board... 

Well, the email is corrected because I have only two email addresses and none of them are recognized by the forum. So, please Andem, go ahead with my verification as the owner of the forum. Thanks.

xpgu wrote on Dec 11^th, 2013 at 3:17pm:

Verification isn't needed since this problem is a public solution provided by YaBB Codex here.

andem wrote on Dec 11^th, 2013 at 7:00pm:

And we're not even official members of YaBB's support staff.

It's kind of like the old days when much of YaBB's support was given by its members. Unfortunately, YaBB's admin at the time wasn't particularly friendly when it came to regular members giving support. Not only did he complain about us trying to help, but he threatened to ban some of us for it. Very odd.

A lot of members who previously offered their help left. Members with thick skin like me stayed on the best that we could even while some of our posts were being deleted or hidden from the public (yet another unexplained oddity).

Even though that particular admin is now absentee after abandoning his duties here, and the owner of this forum hasn't yet given full admin privileges to any of YaBB's current official staff members, the support given in this forum continues to be excellent.

In large part that's because of Dandello's leadership, and xnoddyx's generous and outstanding assistance. Ironically, Dandello's IP address prevents her from fully accessing this forum to help (other than by proxy, which is a pain).

In another irony, the admin who kind of publicly lost it on this site was an otherwise excellent admin, and very knowledgeable about YaBB. In fact, he alone kept this forum operating despite the lack of open communication with its owner. Under the circumstances, and particularly in light of his reversal of his own prior bad, and odd actions, he was a huge asset for this forum.

Because of the lack of transparency here, and no online communication whatsoever, it's hard to have any confidence about this support forum's future.

Thankfully, however, the ongoing effort Dandello has made over at her YaBB 2.5.4 Alpha (RC1) forum to improve upon YaBB, and to keep it relevant has been extraordinary (with help and support from others as well).

In any case, thanks for helping out. People like you are who keep YaBB going.

Thank you very much too all of you, unofficial members of YaBB's support, for responding, you are awesome! I really appreciate what yo u all are doing, if Yabb don't appreciate I do! The option that worked was uploading a fresh copy of admin.vars. I followed the instructions and now I back finishing setting up my forum. Thanks again.

Bill, I read your post with great dismay. How is it that such an amazing piece of software as YaBB could find itself in this current state?

This is literally a tragedy in my eyes and it is very sad to hear. I hope at some point things will get worked out for the sake of the community of people who use this product.

andem wrote on Dec 12^th, 2013 at 1:50pm:

With this particular forum, it only took one admin to pretty much put the final nail in the coffin of what had previously become a very unfriendly place to participate. What's almost nailed the coffin shut is the lack of any corrective action by the owner of this forum's domain.

On top of that, James Aitken (LoonyPandora) announced that UK2NET will no longer be hosing this domain (after February I think). They nonetheless should be applauded for having generously provided free hosting over the last couple of years.

But there's good news to be had. The registration of this domain has been extended for another year by its owner, so it's possible that this forum will officially remain YaBB's Chat and Support Community.

Adding to that good news is the continuing development of YaBB's next version thanks to the dedication of Dandello's work at her YaBB 2.5.4 Alpha (RC1) forum. Her capable leadership has already shown that she can do whatever is necessary to keep the future of YaBB alive and well.

So even in the worst of times for this forum when things were arguably worse than they are now, I remain hopeful as I always am about YaBB.