Applicable to:
- Plesk 12.5 for Linux
- Plesk for Linux
- Plesk 11.x for Linux
- Plesk 12.0 for Linux
Question
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How to decrypt MySQL admin password?
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Is there a way to get MySQL
adminpassword in plain text?
Answer
MySQL admin password is saved in the "user" table as an encrypted value and it is not possible to get the password from the database in plain text.
If the password is lost, the only solution is to reset it using the instructions from the article Unable to access Plesk on Linux: Access denied for user 'admin'@'localhost' (using password: YES).
Note: password is stored in /etc/psa/.psa.shadow file in the encrypted way, however it is possible to use it as a plain test password in order to log into the MySQL, for example with the following command: "MYSQL_PWD=`cat /etc/psa/.psa.shadow` mysql -uadmin "
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