WordPress password updates can be creating an md5sum formatted string. I used http://www.miraclesalad.com/webtools/md5.php
I used the command line of mysql to login to the wordpress database and searched for the id of the password I needed:
select * from wp_users;
then, updated the password to the new password:
update wp_users set user_pass = “<md5sum-asfasfasfasfasfasf” where id = 12
back to work.
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