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How to reset linux plesk admin password

Sep 17, 2006

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#cat /etc/psa/.psa.shadow (This holds psa admin password) #/etc/rc.d/init.d/psa stop (This stops Plesk and everything it runs.) #/usr/local/psa/mysql/bin/safe_mysqld –skip-grant-tables & or #/usr/bin/safe_mysqld –skip-grant-tables & (This starts up MySQL, bypassing the grant [password] tables.) #/usr/local/psa/mysql/bin/mysql mysql (You’re now in a mysql command line.) #use mysql; #FLUSH PRIVILEGES; (This flushes everything out – too long to explain.) #SET PASSWORD FOR admin=PASSWORD(‘your-password-here’); (Type that exactly as above, where ‘your-password-here’ is. #exit (You exit the mysql command line and return to root.) #killall mysqld or #/etc/rc.d/init.d/mysqld restart (Shuts down the mysql daemon.) #/etc/rc.d/init.d/psa start (Starts Plesk back up, which restarts the mysql daemon which has your new password in it.) Have fun! Alex 🙂
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