Categories: Plesk

How do I find plesk admin password

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.


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