Wondering how to change directadmin password via ssh? Our in-house experts are here to help you out with this article. Our directadmin support is here to offer a lending hand with your queries and issues.

How to change directadmin password via ssh?

Today, let us see the different methods used by support techs to change directadmin password:

Change Password Using SSH/Terminal

Step 1: SSH into the server

1. Firstly, you can check the login details when DirectAdmin was first installed by using the command below:

cat /var/log/directadmin/install.log

or

cat /usr/local/directadmin/scripts/setup.txt

2. Then, in order to reset the ‘admin’ password, you can use the command “passwd admin” as below and key in the password twice then you will get a successful notification.

passwd admin

Changing password for user admin.
New UNIX password:
Retype new UNIX password:
passwd: all authentication tokens updated successfully

pictorial rep :

1. Firstly, login to DirectAdmin VPS or Dedicated Server as root.

2. Then, run the following command,

[root@host ~]# passwd <USERNAME>

Note: Make sure to replace <USERNAME> with actual DirectAdmin username.

3. Now, enter the new password → Hit Enter re-type new password → Hit Enter.

4. Finally, congratulations! You have successfully changed the password using SSH/Terminal.

How to change directadmin admin password via ssh

Direct admin is one of the most commonly using control panel in web hosting industry. In this control panel we can set different passwords for SSH root and control panel Admin.

How can I access my direct admin control panel?

code>URL : http://IP Address:2222/ User name : admin Password : password

If you forgot the control panel’s admin password, it is easy to recover from server via SSH.
Step 1: Firstly, login to server via SSH;
Step 2: There is a file ‘/usr/local/directadmin/scripts/setup.txt‘ which containing the control panels details. Just view that file to get your control panel’s admin credential.

[root@server]# cat /usr/local/directadmin/scripts/setup.txt hostname=your.host.name.com email=ad@gdfgdgting.com mysql=B8fcQfsfsfiHD mysqluser=dafsf_admin adminname=admin adminpass=puMGGv5N ns1=ns1.nameserver.com ns2=ns2.nameserver.com ip=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx netmask=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx Mask uid=2656 lid=1635 services=services_esfg50.tar.gz

You can simply edit the line ‘adminpass=’ to change the admin password. Try it.

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Conclusion

In this article, we provide a quick and simple solution from our Support team to change directadmin password via ssh