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How to reset Webmin password

Forgot your webmin password? If you can login to the server via SSH you still may be in luck. Look for a file called changepass.pl in the webmin directory or as part of the webmin download. At the prompt type

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CODE:
  1. ./changepass.pl /etc/webmin username newpassword

replacing /etc/webmin with the path to the webmin config files, username with your username, and newpassword with the new password.

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One Response to “How to reset Webmin password”

  1. Thank you for this tip. Works perfect and also shows the username of the regular webmin root user.

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