How do I find the Plesk admin password?

 

Finding the Plesk admin password is relativity easy. Simply follow our below steps, and within a few mins, you will know the password and be able to login once again.

Recovering the password:

  1. Login to SSH (Secure Shell – the login information can be found in your welcome email)
  2. Then run the following command:

    # cat /etc/psa/.psa.shadow

  3. The above line will give you an output, and that's your Plesk admin password.

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