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How to retrieve administrator's Plesk database password on Plesk 17.8 for Windows and higher?

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Marc López
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Question

How to retrieve administrator's Plesk database password on Plesk Onyx 17.8 for Windows and higher?

Answer

In Plesk 17.8, the "plesk sbin psadb" utility has been included to operate with admin DB password.

To use it, connect to the server via RDP and open cmd.exe as Administrator:

C:\> plesk sbin psadb --help
Usage: psadb [OPTIONS]...
-g, --get-admin-password show the Plesk system databases Admin's password in console.
-c, --copy-admin-password copy the Plesk system databases Admin's password to clipboard.
-s, --set-admin-password --password=<new password> set the new Plesk system databases Admin's password in the database
and update it in Plesk.
-u, --update-admin-password --password=<new password> update the Plesk system databases Admin's password in Plesk only.
-h, --help display this help and exit

To reach administrator's password for Plesk database execute the following:

C:\> plesk sbin psadb --get-admin-password

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    Paul Craven

    Hi,

    I have the password using this utility, but it does not work for root or admin users.
    Connecting using MySQL Workbench, TCP 127.0.0.1 on 3306 on the local machine.

    I get "Access Denied", am I missing something obvious?

    Cheers
    Paul

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