Today I had to admit that I did not remember the password for a MySQL user account. Since it’s saved in encrypted form simply reading it out won’t mean I can recover it. A Google search did eventually bring up the correct way of doing it, however it took me quite some time – so here’s how you can do this:
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.
guide of what you need to do in order to install and setup MySQL on a new server.
Here’s a brief reminder on how you can edit files with vi directly from the command line. Text is all you get, no other visual clues or menus are included, and best of all you need to know each keyboard shortcut once you’ve entered it.
We had a discussion recently about using SFTP under Plesk 10. It’s possible, however the feature is not called SFTP explicitly so I thought it’s best to describe how it works here.