The admin password of Direct Admin control panel is displayed at the end of the Direct Admin installation. One has to carefully store the credentials in secure place. If the password is lost, the Direct Admin stores the credentials in setup.txt file after Direct Admin installation.
To recover the password, SSH to the Server.
Recover a Lost Direct Admin password
Type below command to get the Admin Password
# cat /usr/local/directadmin/scripts/setup.txt | grep admin
email=admin@server.rajesh.com
mysqluser=da_admin
adminname=admin
adminpass=Oq^4TCB8GamXj
litespeedadmin=fNah43lIwsGOosvdOr
Type below command to get the Admin Password
# cat /var/log/directadmin/install.log | grep Admin
Admin user created
Admin username: admin
Admin password: Oq^4TCB8GamXj
Admin email: admin@server.rajesh.comA further Admin password can be reset from SSH as below
# password admin
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Now the server will prompt for new password and confirmation password.
This is how the Admin Password of Direct Admin control panel can be reset and recovered.
