How to retrieve the Plesk admin password

If you’ve forgotten your password but still have your server’s root credentials, log in and type the following at the command line:

/usr/local/psa/bin/admin --show-password

This works in Plesk 10 and Plesk 11.





Jay is the CEO and founder of WP Hosting, a boutique style managed WordPress hosting and support service. He has been working with Plesk since version 9 and is a qualified Parallels Automation Professional. In his spare time he likes to develop iOS apps and WordPress plugins, or draw on tablet devices. He blogs about his coding journey at http://wpguru.co.uk and http://pinkstone.co.uk.