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How to change the password of a database user in Plesk

Kuzma Ivanov
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Applicable to:

  • Plesk for Linux
  • Plesk for Windows

Question

How to change the password of a MySQL / MariaDB / PostgreSQL / SQL Server database user in Plesk?

Answer

Plesk interface
  1. Log in to Plesk.
  2. Go to Domains > example.com > Databases > User Management.
  3. Click on a database user for which the password should be changed.
  4. Specify a new password

  5. Click OK.

     

     

Command-line interface
  1. Connect to your Plesk server via SSH (Linux) / RDP (Windows Server).

  2. Use the plesk bin database command to change the password.

    Note: On Windows Server, start a command prompt as an Administartor.

    In the example below, we are changing the password for the database user john_doe which is hosted on the local MySQL server:

    # plesk bin database --update-dbuser john_doe -passwd "new_password_here" -server localhost:3306

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