{"id":14434,"date":"2021-10-23T12:34:22","date_gmt":"2021-10-23T12:34:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/?p=14434"},"modified":"2023-04-05T14:34:13","modified_gmt":"2023-04-05T09:04:13","slug":"change-password-admin-account-directadmin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/change-password-admin-account-directadmin\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Change Password for Admin Account \ufeffof DirectAdmin?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The password for your admin account of DirectAdmin is the most vital piece of your server security. It is expected that you shouldn&#8217;t lose, share or forget it.<\/p>\n<h2>To Find the Password for&nbsp;Admin Account<\/h2>\n<p>In case you forgot the admin password, you can always find it here:<\/p>\n<div class=\"kb-box-focus kb-box-focus-rounded kb-box-focus-grey\"><strong>\/var\/log\/directadmin\/install.log<\/strong><\/div>\n<p>The section where you will spot the password will look like this:<\/p>\n<div class=\"kb-box-focus kb-box-focus-rounded kb-box-focus-grey\">\n<p>The following information has been set:<\/p>\n<p>Admin username: admin<br \/>\nAdmin password: c0pr7hwvt8f-<br \/>\nAdmin email: admin@yourdomain.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>If you use the command line, the command to display this info is:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"font-size:15 lang:default decode:true \">cat \/var\/log\/directadmin\/install.log | grep Admin\n<\/pre>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"kb-box-focus kb-box-focus-rounded kb-box-focus-blue\"><strong>Note<\/strong>: The password you will find this way is actually the one you get after the DirectAdmin installation. It will only be valid if you have not changed it.<\/div>\n<p>However, if you&nbsp;forget the password after changing it from the one you got from installation, you will have to reset it.<\/p>\n<h2>To Reset\/Change the Password<\/h2>\n<p>Access your server as root and enter this line:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"font-size:15 lang:default decode:true\">passwd admin<\/pre>\n<p>It will allow you to set a new password.<\/p>\n<pre class=\"font-size:15 lang:default decode:true\">[root@test ~]# passwd admin\nchanging password for user admin.\nNew password:\nRetype new password:\n\npasswd: all authentication tokens updated successfully.<\/pre>\n<p>With it, DirectAdmin will accept the password you entered and set it for your admin account.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The password for your admin account of DirectAdmin is the most vital piece of your server security. It is expected that you shouldn&#8217;t lose, share or forget it. 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