Today I lost my MySQL server admin password. The server has a Plesk cp install and I was wondering if it doesn’t store it anywhere. Funny enough it does, even in plain text.

You can find it in /etc/psa/.psa.shadow. It’s a good idea to keep the file inaccessible for anybody else but root.

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