How to retrieve the Plesk admin password

You can retrieve your Plesk admin password by logging on to the server via SSH and running one of the following commands:


Plesk 9 and below:
cat /etc/psa/.psa.shadow


Plesk 10 and above:
/usr/local/psa/bin/admin --show-password


Plesk 11 and above can also run:
plesk bin admin --show-password


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