Retrieve Administrator Password for Plesk 10.2

As of Plesk 10.2 the file .psa.shadow no longer contains the administrator's password in the plain-text format. Instead, this file contains an encrypted hash of the password which improves the security level and prevents attempts to gain the administrative access to Panel by stealing the password.

1. Log on to the server via SSH



2. Execute the following command:
/usr/local/psa/bin/admin --show-password
3. If you receive the error "Plesk is not configured. You should go to the Server Administration Panel and configure it." you can set the desired password for the admin user by executing the following command:
/usr/local/psa/bin/init_conf --set-admin-password -passwd NEW_PASSWORD