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The Mass Password Reset Script is designed to allow Parallels Plesk Panel (PP) owners to reset the passwords of all PP accounts in an automated way.

Please feel free to provide your feedback about the script on the Plesk Forum.

Note: Users that have PP nodes registered in PBA-S must perform the actions described in "PBA-S Specific."
Note: Users that have PP nodes registered in Customer & Business Manager must perform the actions described in "Customer & Business Manager Specific."

Usage:

1. Download the script to your PP server.
2. Unzip it.
3. Run it as described below.

Note: exec function of PHP have to be enabled so for the time of plesk_password_changer.php execution comment the following line in php.ini: 



Linux:

 
Windows:

 
Where [options] can be:
         --all - [default] reset passwords for all supported entities
         --admin - reset password for admin
         --additionaladmins - reset passwords for additional administrators accounts
         --clean-up-sessions - clean up sessions table in Plesk database
         --resellers - reset passwords for resellers
         --clients - reset passwords for clients
         --domains - reset passwords for main FTP account of domains
         --domainadmins - reset passwords for Domain Administrators
         --users - change passwords for hosting panel users
         --additionalftpaccounts - reset passwords for additional FTP accounts for domains
         --subdomains - reset passwords for subdomains. NOTE: For Plesk 10.x subdomains treated as domains.
         --dbusers - change passwords for database users.
         --webusers - reset passwords for Web Users
         --mailaccounts - reset passwords for mail accounts
         --pdusers - change passwords for protected directories users
         --mailaccounts - reset passwords for mail accounts (note that in Plesk 10.x and higher, passwords will be NOT changed for mail accounts which are created during user creating (and linked with this user). Passwords for such mail accounts should be reset by option --users)
 
Examples:

php -d open_basedir= -d safe_mode=0 plesk_password_changer.php `cat /etc/psa/.psa.shadow`	# means that passwords for all PP entities will be reset, password for admin will be generated automatically
php -d open_basedir= -d safe_mode=0 plesk_password_changer.php `cat /etc/psa/.psa.shadow`  --domains	# means that passwords for main FTP account of domains only
php -d open_basedir= -d safe_mode=0 plesk_password_changer.php `cat /etc/psa/.psa.shadow` 's3$ret!' --admin --clients	# means that passwords for admin and clients will be reset, password for admin will be "s3$ret!" (without quotes)
php -d open_basedir= -d safe_mode=0 plesk_password_changer.php `cat /etc/psa/.psa.shadow` 's3$ret!'	# means that passwords for all PP entities will be reset, password for admin will be "s3$ret!" (without quotes)

Important information:
PP "admin" password will be generated if <new admin password> is not specified.
The script writes new passwords and information about updated accounts into the new_plesk_passwords.csv file.

Output example:

PBA-S Specific