{"id":560,"date":"2024-07-01T08:56:30","date_gmt":"2024-07-01T08:56:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vpsjungle.in\/tutorials\/?p=560"},"modified":"2024-07-01T09:24:48","modified_gmt":"2024-07-01T09:24:48","slug":"how-to-change-the-account-password-in-directadmin-and-ssh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vpsjungle.in\/tutorials\/how-to-change-the-account-password-in-directadmin-and-ssh\/","title":{"rendered":"How to change the account password in DirectAdmin and SSH"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vpsjungle.in\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.vpsjungle.in\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">DirectAdmin control panel<\/a> you can change the present configured password at anytime. In this article, we will cover the step-by-step guide on How to change the account password in DirectAdmin?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rank-math-toc-block\" id=\"rank-math-toc\"><h2>Table of Contents<\/h2><nav><ul><li><a href=\"#change-password-using-gui\">Change Password Using GUI<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#access-your-server-via-ssh\">Access Your Server via SSH<\/a><ul><li><a href=\"#step-2-retrieve-the-current-admin-password\">Step 2: Retrieve the Current Admin Password<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#step-3-reset-directadmin-password-from-ssh\">Step 3: Reset directadmin password from SSH<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#step-4-update-direct-admin-configuration\">Step 4: Update DirectAdmin Configuration<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#step-5-restart-direct-admin\">Step 5: Restart DirectAdmin<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#alternative-method-using-direct-admin-commands\">Alternative Method: Using DirectAdmin Commands<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"change-password-using-gui\">Change Password Using GUI<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>1. First, to login into DirectAdmin control panel visit,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>https:\/\/your-domain.com:2<\/strong>087 or\u00a0<strong>https:\/\/IP-address:2<\/strong>087or\u00a0<strong>https:\/\/server-hostname:2<\/strong>087.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"515\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vpsjungle.in\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Login-DirectAdmin-750x515-1.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-561\" style=\"width:676px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vpsjungle.in\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Login-DirectAdmin-750x515-1.webp 750w, https:\/\/www.vpsjungle.in\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Login-DirectAdmin-750x515-1-300x206.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>2. <strong>Top right-click \u2192 Click on Username \u2192 Click <\/strong>on <strong>Password<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"219\" height=\"260\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vpsjungle.in\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-562\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>3. Enter the required information,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Current DirectAdmin Password:<\/strong> Enter the current password of DirectAdmin control panel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Enter new password: <\/strong>Enter the complex and hard to guess password.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"909\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vpsjungle.in\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/save_email_pass.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-563\" style=\"width:799px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vpsjungle.in\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/save_email_pass.jpg 909w, https:\/\/www.vpsjungle.in\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/save_email_pass-300x132.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vpsjungle.in\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/save_email_pass-768x337.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 909px) 100vw, 909px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>4. Finally, click on <strong>Save<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"access-your-server-via-ssh\">Access Your Server via SSH<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Open your terminal or SSH client.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/vpswebhostingindia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-10.png\" alt=\"reset directadmin password from SSH\" class=\"wp-image-613\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Connect to your server using the root user. For example:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>   ssh root@your_server_ip<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"step-2-retrieve-the-current-admin-password\">Step 2: Retrieve the Current Admin Password<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Once you are logged in, you can retrieve the current DirectAdmin admin password by running the following command:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">   cat \/usr\/local\/directadmin\/scripts\/setup.txt | grep adminpass<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/vpswebhostingindia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-645\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"2\">\n<li>This command will display a line similar to:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">   adminpass=your_current_password<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"step-3-reset-directadmin-password-from-ssh\">Step 3: Reset directadmin password from SSH<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>To reset the admin password, use the following command:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>   passwd admin<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"2\">\n<li>You will be prompted to enter the new password and confirm it.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/vpswebhostingindia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-5.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-646\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"step-4-update-direct-admin-configuration\">Step 4: Update DirectAdmin Configuration<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>After resetting the admin password, you need to update the DirectAdmin configuration with the new password. Run the following command:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>   echo \"adminpass=new_password\" &gt;&gt; \/usr\/local\/directadmin\/scripts\/setup.txt<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"step-5-restart-direct-admin\">Step 5: Restart DirectAdmin<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Finally, restart DirectAdmin to ensure the changes take effect:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>   service directadmin restart<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/vpswebhostingindia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-6.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-647\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"alternative-method-using-direct-admin-commands\">Alternative Method: Using DirectAdmin Commands<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>You can also use DirectAdmin\u2019s internal command to reset the admin password. Run the following:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>   \/usr\/local\/directadmin\/directadmin set admin_pass new_password<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"2\">\n<li>Restart DirectAdmin:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>   service directadmin restart<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Make sure to replace <code>new_password<\/code> with the actual password you want to set.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In DirectAdmin control panel you can change the present configured password at anytime. In this article, we will cover the step-by-step guide on How to change the account password in DirectAdmin? Change Password Using GUI 1. First, to login into DirectAdmin control panel visit, https:\/\/your-domain.com:2087 or\u00a0https:\/\/IP-address:2087or\u00a0https:\/\/server-hostname:2087. 2. 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