How to Change Password for Admin Account of DirectAdmin?

The password for your admin account of DirectAdmin is the most vital piece of your server security. It is expected that you shouldn’t lose, share or forget it.

To Find the Password for Admin Account

In case you forgot the admin password, you can always find it here:

The section where you will spot the password will look like this:

If you use the command line, the command to display this info is:

cat /var/log/directadmin/install.log | grep Admin

However, if you forget the password after changing it from the one you got from installation, you will have to reset it.

To Reset/Change the Password

Access your server as root and enter this line:

passwd admin

It will allow you to set a new password.

[root@test ~]# passwd admin
changing password for user admin.
New password:
Retype new password:

passwd: all authentication tokens updated successfully.

With it, DirectAdmin will accept the password you entered and set it for your admin account.