You need to follow the below steps in order to find out admin password in plesk hosted on a linux server:
Login to server as the root user and display the contents of the file “.psa.shadow” (note that the filename starts with a dot) using the command.
cat /etc/psa/.psa.shadow
This will display the plesk admin password.
In order to find out admin password in plesk hosted on a windows server:
Open a DOS windows and type the following commands at the prompt-
cd c:/program files/swsoft/plesk/admin/bin
plesksrvclient.exe –get
This will display the plesk admin password.
