I've set up a Drupal 7 site locally and have ftp'd the site over to my ISP's server which is a linux box running PHP and MySQL.
I've never successfully logged into the remote site before and I have locked myself out as I got the admin password wrong. When I go http://www.example.com/?q=user and click on request New Password then I get this error:
Not Found
The requested URL /user/password was not found on this server.
Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.
One thing I've been confused about and that is the .htaccess file. I never had one locally on my Mac and I did not need it (I know it is hidden) - so I downloaded one and deployed it to the web site but then I got 500 errors, it made it worse.
I've since deleted that file and at least I get some content - but not very much - just the front page. I overrode the themes name in settings.php as I have user access errors when using a new template, if I get passed this bit I can probably fix that. I changed it back to one of the default themes and that allowed me to get some content and not the 'white screen of death'
Advice welcome!