Some of the information in this article is advanced material we make available as a courtesy. Please be advised that you are responsible for properly following the procedures below. Customer Support cannot assist with these topics.
If you have multiple users on one Parallels Plesk Panel account and need to FTP content without editing the FTP password, you can retrieve the password from MySQL.
mysql -uadmin -p`cat /etc/psa/.psa.shadow`
, and then press Enter.use psa;
, and then press Enter.select * from sys_users;
, and then press Enter.select * from accounts;
, and then press Enter.Use ${PRODUCT_ROOT_D}/bin/admin utility to prompt the password for user "admin":# /usr/local/psa/bin/admin --show-password
The Parallels Plesk Panel admin password is stored in a hidden file on the server. Use this command to get it:# cat /etc/psa/.psa.shadow