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Retrieving Plesk Passwords From MySQL

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Last Updated: September 11, 2006 2:59 PM

If you have multiple users on one Plesk account and need to FTP content without editing the FTP password, you can retrieve the password from MySQL.

To Retrieve a Plesk Password From MySQL

  1. Log in as root in SSH.
  2. Type  mysql -uadmin -p`cat /etc/psa/.psa.shadow`, and then press Enter.
  3. Type use psa;, and then press Enter.
  4. Type select * from sys_users;, and then press Enter.
  5. Type select * from accounts where id = 2;, and then press Enter.
    A table displays that shows the id, type, and password for accounts where the ID = 2.