[#46018] - [5.3, 5.4]Localhost CLI user:reset-password results in a loop
- Closed
- 20 Oct 2025
- Medium
- Build: 5.4.0-beta2-dev
- # 46018
The CLI command user:reset-password to reset the password of the Super User worked perfectly in Joomla 5.3.3 hosted remotely. When the same CLI command is run in localhost, it starts a loop with the prompt and the error message:
Please enter a new password:
The system cannot find the path specified.
This CLI command failed in localhost Joomla 5.3.3, 5.4.0-beta2-dev and 6.0.0-beta2-dev.
Environment: Windows 11, Wampserver 3.3.8 64-bit, PHP 8.4.6, Apache 2.4.58.1, MySQL 8.0.31. The only extension installed in the 5.4 site is Joomla! Patch Tester 4.4.0.
| Labels |
Removed:
?
|
||
joomla-cms-bot
- | Labels |
Added:
No Code Attached Yet
|
||
| Labels |
Added:
bug
|
||
I tested this in a local Joomla 5.3.3, a Joomla 5.4.0-beta1 and a Joomla 6.0.0-beta1 and couldn't find any problems.
php ./cli/joomla.php user:reset-password
Is your localhost server hosted in Windows? I am using Wampserver.
This comment was created with the J!Tracker Application at issues.joomla.org/tracker/joomla-cms/46018.
Is your localhost server hosted in Windows? I am using Wampserver.
No, I am using only Mac for over 20 years.
@tecpromotion, thank you for the update.
This comment was created with the J!Tracker Application at issues.joomla.org/tracker/joomla-cms/46018.
Can't replicate the problem with laragon 7, windows 11, apache 2.4.62, php 8.4.10, mysql 8.0.30
The error message you get "The system cannot find the path specified." is a message from your operating system that it cannot find the php path - similar to beyondcode/herd-community#651
| Status | New | ⇒ | Closed |
| Closed_Date | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | ⇒ | 2025-10-20 18:23:58 |
| Closed_By | ⇒ | MacJoom |
Thank you for reporting this. As it is not something we can fix in Joomla i will close this issue.
@joomdonation As you had fixed a similar issue for the backend (PR #44723 ): Could you have a look on this issue? Does it needs something similar for the CLI?