How to bulk reset passwords in Plesk

Download the script:

# curl -LO https://raw.githubusercontent.com/plesk/kb-scripts/master/plesk-password-changer/plesk-password-changer.php

Run the script using one of the following ways:

• Reset passwords for all Plesk accounts:

  # /usr/local/psa/bin/sw-engine-pleskrun plesk-password-changer.php `cat /etc/psa/.psa.shadow`

• Reset passwords for individual account groups:

  # /usr/local/psa/bin/sw-engine-pleskrun plesk-password-changer.php `cat /etc/psa/.psa.shadow` [option]

  where [option] is one of the following parameters:

  • --all - [default] reset passwords for all Plesk accounts

  • --admin - reset the password for the admin user

  • --additionaladmins - reset passwords for additional administrator accounts

  • --clean-up-sessions - close all active Plesk sessions

  • --resellers - reset passwords for all Plesk resellers

  • --clients - reset passwords for all Plesk customers

  • --domains - reset passwords for main FTP accounts of all subscriptions

  • --additionalftpaccounts - reset passwords for all additional FTP accounts of subscriptions

  • --users - reset passwords for all additional Plesk users and email accounts, if an email account is also a Plesk user

  • --mailaccounts - reset passwords for email accounts, if an email account does not have an access to Plesk.

  • --dbusers - reset passwords for all database users

  • --apsc - reset the password for the apsc database

     

  Examples

• Set a specific password for the admin user and reset passwords for all other Plesk accounts:

  # /usr/local/psa/bin/sw-engine-pleskrun plesk-password-changer.php `cat /etc/psa/.psa.shadow` '*****'

• Reset passwords for Plesk users and email accounts:

  # /usr/local/psa/bin/sw-engine-pleskrun plesk-password-changer.php `cat /etc/psa/.psa.shadow` --users --mailaccounts

Download the script.

Extract the downloaded script.

Start a command prompt as an administrator and go to the directory where the extracted script is located:

C:\> cd /path/to/script/folder

Run the script using one of the following ways. In the commands below, replace ***** with an actual Plesk admin account password:

Note: To get a Plesk admin account password, use the 'plesk sbin psadb --get-admin-password' command.

• Reset passwords for all Plesk accounts:

  C:\> "%plesk_dir%\admin\bin\php.exe" -dauto_prepend_file= plesk_password_changer.php *****

• Reset passwords for individual account groups:

  C:\> "%plesk_dir%\admin\bin\php.exe" -dauto_prepend_file= plesk-password-changer.php ***** [option]

  where [option] is one of the following parameters:

  • --admin - reset the password for the admin user

  • --additionaladmins - reset passwords for additional administrator accounts

  • --clean-up-sessions - close all active Plesk sessions

  • --resellers - reset passwords for all Plesk resellers

  • --clients - reset passwords for all Plesk customers

  • --domains - reset passwords for main FTP accounts of all subscriptions

  • --additionalftpaccounts - reset passwords for all additional FTP accounts of subscriptions

  • --users - reset passwords for all additional Plesk users and email accounts, if an email account is also a Plesk user.

  • --mailaccounts - reset passwords for email accounts, if an email account does not have an access to Plesk.

  • --dbusers - reset passwords for all database users

  • --apsc - reset the password for the apsc database

     

  Examples

• Set a specific password for the admin user (the password for Plesk SQL admin database user will be also changed) and reset passwords for all other Plesk accounts:

  C:\> "%plesk_dir%\admin\bin\php.exe" -dauto_prepend_file= plesk-password-changer.php ***** new_password --admin

• Reset passwords for Plesk users and email accounts:

  C:\> "%plesk_dir%\admin\bin\php.exe" -dauto_prepend_file= plesk-password-changer.php ***** --users --mailaccounts