Plesk

How to reset a password of a Plesk user account

Question

How to reset a password of a Plesk user account (reseller / customer / additional user)?

Answer

Note: If you are a Plesk user and forgot your password, please contact your service provider for assistance or use the "Forgot your password?" feature on the Plesk login page to reset your password.

 

Changing a user password via Plesk

 

  1. Open the settings page of a user:

    • in Service Provider view

      Open any subscription to which a user belongs > switch to the Users tab > click on a username > Change Settings.

    • in Power User view

      Go to Users > click on a username > Change Settings.

  2. In the Plesk Preferences section, specify a new password and apply the changes.

 

Changing a customer's password via a command-line interface

 

  1. Connect to the Plesk server via SSH (Linux) / RDP (Windows Server).

  2. List all Plesk users (on Windows server, start a command prompt as an Administrator):

    # plesk db "select contactName as 'Plesk customer/reseller',login as 'Login' from smb_users"
    +----------------+-------+
    | Plesk username | Login |
    +----------------+-------+
    | Administrator  | admin |
    | John Doe       | jdoe  |
    +----------------+-------+

  3. Change the password for a Plesk user using his "Login" from the previous step:

    # plesk bin user -u jdoe -passwd '12345'

    where

    • jdoe - a username of the customer
    • 12345 - a new password