admin: Administration Panel Preferences
The admin
utility is used for managing administrator's interface preferences.
Usage
admin <command> [
<option_1> [<param>]
[<option_2> [<param>]]
... [<option_N> [<param>]]
Example
The following command sets the administrator's interface language to German.
plesk bin admin --update -locale -de_DE
Commands
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Updates Plesk administrator's server preferences. |
To set the interface language to German: plesk bin admin --update -locale -de_DE or plesk bin admin -u -locale -de_DE |
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Displays Plesk administrator’s personal information and preferences. |
To view Plesk administrator’s personal information and preferences: plesk bin admin --info or plesk bin admin -i |
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Displays the Plesk administrator’s password. |
To view Plesk administrator's password: plesk bin admin -show-password |
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Updates the Plesk administrator's password. The synonym is |
To change the Plesk administrator's password to mypassword: plesk bin admin --set-admin-password -passwd mypassword -encrypted-password or plesk bin admin --set-password -passwd mypassword -encrypted-password |
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Updates the Plesk administrator's password. The synonym is |
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Displays Plesk administrator’s personal information and preferences in the XML format. |
To view Plesk administrator’s personal information and preferences in the XML format: plesk bin admin --xml-info or plesk bin admin -xi |
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Displays help page on the use of the utility. |
To view help page on the use of the plesk bin admin --help or plesk bin admin -h |
Options
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Sets the default interface language for Plesk administrator's control panel interface. The argument of the command must be a valid four-letter language code derived from the language code described in ISO-639-2 and the corresponding country code described in ISO-3166. For example, the Plesk code for the Italian language code is |
To set the administrator's default interface language to German: plesk bin admin -u -locale de-DE |
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Sets the default interface skin for Plesk administrator's control panel interface. |
To set the administrator's default interface skin to Vista: plesk bin admin -u -skin "Vista" |
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Allows/Prohibits having several simultaneous sessions under administrator's login. |
To allow multiple sessions to run simultaneously under administrator's login: plesk bin admin -u -multiple-sessions true |
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Allows/Prohibits adjusting Plesk firewall settings in Custom view. |
To allow the administrator adjusting firewall settings in Custom view: plesk bin admin --update -manage_server_firewall true |
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Allows/Prohibits managing the IP addresses pool in Custom view. |
To allow the administrator managing IP addresses in Custom view: plesk bin admin --update -manage_server_ip_addresses true |
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Allows/Prohibits managing the virtual host template in Custom view. |
To allow the administrator to manage the virtual host template in Custom view: plesk bin admin --update -manage_server_skeleton true |
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Allows/Prohibits the administrator to manage the Plesk storage of SSL certificates in Custom view. |
To allow the administrator managing SSL certificates on a server in Custom view: plesk bin admin --update -manage_server_ssl_certificates true |
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Allows/Prohibits sending mass e-mail messages in Custom view. |
To allow the administrator sending mass e-mail messages in Custom view: plesk bin admin --update -manage_server_mass_email true |
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Allows/Prohibits performing backups in Custom view. |
To allow the administrator performing backups in Custom view: plesk bin admin --update -manage_server_backup true |
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Allows/Prohibits performing migration from other platforms in Custom view. |
To allow the administrator performing migration in Custom view: plesk bin admin --update -manage_server_migration true |
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Allows/Prohibits creating scheduled tasks in Custom view. The administrator can run these tasks on behalf of any system user. |
To allow the administrator creating scheduled tasks in Custom view: plesk bin admin --update -manage_server_crontab true |
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Allows/Prohibits creating event handlers in Custom view. |
To allow the administrator creating event handlers in Custom view: plesk bin admin --update -manage_server_events true |
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Allows/Prohibits accessing Application Vault in Custom view. |
To allow the administrator accessing Application Vault in Custom view: plesk bin admin --update -manage_server_app_vault true |
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Allows/Prohibits managing database servers in Custom view. |
To allow the administrator managing database servers in Custom view: plesk bin admin --update -manage_server_db true |
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Allows/Prohibits managing Plesk notifications in Custom view. |
To allow the administrator managing Plesk notifications in Custom view: plesk bin admin --update -manage_server_notifications true |
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Allows/Prohibits viewing action log and adjusting log settings in Custom view. |
To allow the administrator managing Plesk notifications in Custom view: plesk bin admin --update -manage_server_actionlog true |
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Allows/Prohibits managing active sessions in Custom view. |
To allow the administrator managing active sessions in Custom view: plesk bin admin --update -manage_server_sessions true |
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Allows/Prohibits changing remote access options in Custom view. |
To allow the administrator changing remote access options in Custom view: plesk bin admin --update -manage_server_admin_access true |
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Allows/Prohibits managing Plesk license keys in Custom view. |
To allow the administrator managing Plesk license keys in Custom view: plesk bin admin --update -manage_server_license true |
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Allows/Prohibits contacting Plesk support in Custom view. |
To allow the administrator contacting Plesk support in Custom view: plesk bin admin --update -manage_server_support true |
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Allows/Prohibits performing Plesk updates and upgrades in Custom view. |
To allow the administrator performing Plesk updates and upgrades in Custom view: plesk bin admin --update -manage_server_updates true |
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Allows/Prohibits changing Plesk appearance in Custom view. |
To allow the administrator changing Plesk appearance in Custom view: plesk bin admin --update -manage_server_branding true |
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Allows/Prohibits changing the Plesk locale in Custom view. |
To allow the administrator changing the Plesk locale in Custom view: plesk bin admin --update -manage_server_languages true |
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Allows/Prohibits changing interface settings in Custom view. |
To allow the administrator changing interface settings in Custom view: plesk bin admin --update -manage_server_ui true |
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Allows/Prohibits creating custom buttons in Custom view. |
To allow the administrator creating custom buttons in Custom view: plesk bin admin --update -manage_server_custom_buttons true |
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Allows/Prohibits viewing the summary Plesk report in Custom view. |
To allow the administrator viewing the summary Plesk report in Custom view: plesk bin admin --update -manage_server_summary_report true |
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Allows/Prohibits viewing domain traffic statistics in Custom view. |
To allow the administrator viewing domain traffic statistics in Custom view: plesk bin admin --update -manage_server_domain_traffic_report true |
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Allows/Prohibits adjusting general system settings in Custom view. |
To allow the administrator adjusting general system settings in Custom view: plesk bin admin --update -manage_server_settings true |
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Allows/Prohibits adjusting system time in Custom view. |
To allow the administrator adjusting system time in Custom view: plesk bin admin --update -manage_server_time true |
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Allows/Prohibits adjusting the DNS template in Custom view. |
To allow the administrator adjusting the DNS template in Custom view: plesk bin admin --update -manage_server_dns_template true |
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Allows/Prohibits adjusting website preview settings in Custom view. |
To allow the administrator adjusting website preview settings in Custom view: plesk bin admin --update -manage_server_preview_domain true |
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Allows/Prohibits adjusting file sharing settings in Custom view. |
To allow the administrator adjusting file sharing settings in Custom view: plesk bin admin --update -manage_server_filesharing true |
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Allows/Prohibits adjusting Google Services settings in Custom view. |
To allow the administrator adjusting Google Services settings in Custom view: plesk bin admin --update -manage_server_google_services true |
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Allows/Prohibits managing Apache modules in Custom view. |
To allow the administrator managing Apache modules in Custom view: plesk bin admin --update -manage_server_optimization true |
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Allows/Prohibits adjusting server-wide mail settings in Custom view. |
To allow the administrator adjusting server-wide mail settings in Custom view: plesk bin admin --update -manage_server_mail true |
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Allows/Prohibits adjusting black and white mail server lists in Custom view. |
To allow the administrator adjusting black and white mail server lists in Custom view: plesk bin admin --update -manage_server_mail_black_white_lists true |
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Allows/Prohibits adjusting virus protection settings in Custom view. |
To allow the administrator adjusting virus protection settings in Custom view: plesk bin admin --update -manage_server_virus_protection true |
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Allows/Prohibits adjusting spam filter settings in Custom view. |
To allow the administrator adjusting spam filter settings in Custom view: plesk bin admin --update -manage_server_spam_filter true |
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Allows/Prohibits managing webmail services in Custom view. |
To allow the administrator managing webmail services in Custom view: plesk bin admin --update -manage_server_webmail true |
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Allows/Prohibits setting up the mailing lists server in Custom view. |
To allow the administrator setting up the mailing lists server in Custom view: plesk bin admin --update -manage_server_maillist true |
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Allows/Prohibits viewing general information about a server in Custom view. |
To allow the administrator viewing general information about a server in Custom view: plesk bin admin --update -manage_server_info true |
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Allows/Prohibits viewing information about Plesk components in Custom view. |
To allow the administrator adjusting virus protection settings in Custom view: plesk bin admin --update -manage_server_components true |
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Allows/Prohibits running (stopping) Plesk services in Custom view. |
To allow the administrator running (stopping) Plesk services in Custom view: plesk bin admin --update -manage_server_services true |
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Allows/Prohibits managing a Virtuozzo container in Custom view (in case Plesk runs in a virtual container). |
To allow the administrator managing a Virtuozzo container in Custom view: plesk bin admin --update -manage_server_vzpp true |
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Allows/Prohibits rebooting a Plesk server in Custom view. |
To allow the administrator rebooting a Plesk server in Custom view: plesk bin admin --update -manage_server_reboot true |
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Allows/Prohibits shutting down a Plesk server in Custom view. |
To allow the administrator shutting down a Plesk server in Custom view: plesk bin admin --update -manage_server_shutdown true |
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Allows/Prohibits managing additional Plesk extensions in Custom view. |
To allow the administrator managing additional Plesk extensions in Custom view: plesk bin admin --update -manage_server_modules true |
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Allows/Prohibits creating, removing, and switching among webspaces in Custom view. |
To allow the administrator creating, removing, and switching among webspaces in Custom view: plesk bin admin --update -create_domains true |
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Allows/Prohibits managing website hosting settings in Custom view. |
To allow the administrator managing website hosting settings in Custom view: plesk bin admin --update -manage_phosting true |
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Allows/Prohibits managing website SSI settings in Custom view. |
To allow the administrator managing website SSI settings in Custom view: plesk bin admin --update -manage_phosting_ssi true |
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Allows/Prohibits managing website PHP settings in Custom view. |
To allow the administrator managing website PHP settings in Custom view: plesk bin admin --update -manage_phosting_php true |
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Allows/Prohibits managing website CGI settings in Custom view. |
To allow the administrator managing website CGI settings in Custom view: plesk bin admin --update -manage_phosting_cgi true |
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Allows/Prohibits managing website Perl settings in Custom view. |
To allow the administrator managing website Perl settings in Custom view: plesk bin admin --update -manage_phosting_perl true |
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Allows/Prohibits managing website Python settings in Custom view. |
To allow the administrator managing website Python settings in Custom view: plesk bin admin --update -manage_phosting_python true |
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Allows/Prohibits managing website ASP settings in Custom view. |
To allow the administrator managing website ASP settings in Custom view: plesk bin admin --update -manage_phosting_asp true |
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Allows/Prohibits managing website FastCGI settings in Custom view. |
To allow the administrator managing website FastCGI settings in Custom view: plesk bin admin --update -manage_phosting_fastcgi true |
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Allows/Prohibits managing website ASP.NET settings in Custom view. |
To allow the administrator managing website ASP.NET settings in Custom view: plesk bin admin --update -manage_phosting_asp_dot_net |
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Allows/Prohibits adjusting common PHP settings for a website in Custom view. |
To allow the administrator adjusting common PHP settings for a website in Custom view: plesk bin admin --update -manage_php_settings true |
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Allows/Prohibits choosing the PHP version for a website in Custom view. |
To allow the administrator choosing the PHP version in Custom view: plesk bin admin --update -manage_php_version true |
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If true, the administrator is able to allow the chrooted access to a server in Web Hosting Access in Custom view. Otherwise, the administrator is not allowed to change shell access parameters. |
To allow the administrator setting up the chrooted access in Custom view: plesk bin admin --update -manage_sh_access true |
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Allows/Prohibits managing the maximum bandwidth usage for a website in Custom view. |
To allow the administrator managing the maximum bandwidth usage in Custom view: plesk bin admin --update -manage_performance_bandwidth true |
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Allows/Prohibits managing the maximum number of connections for a website in Custom view. |
To allow the administrator managing the maximum number of connections in Custom view: plesk bin admin --update -manage_performance_connections true |
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Allows/Prohibits enabling and disabling custom error documents for a website in Custom view. |
To allow the administrator managing custom error documents in Custom view: plesk bin admin --update -manage_phosting_errdocs true |
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Allows/Prohibits enabling and disabling SSL support for a website in Custom view. |
To allow the administrator managing SSL support in Custom view: plesk bin admin --update -manage_phosting_ssl true |
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If true, the administrator is able to allow any type of shell access to a server in Web Hosting Access in Custom view. Otherwise, the permission is defined by the |
To allow the administrator setting up any type of shell access in Custom view: plesk bin admin --update -manage_not_chroot_shell true |
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Allows/Prohibits adjusting the Hard quota on disk space parameters in Web Hosting Access in Custom view.. |
To allow the administrator adjusting the disk quota parameter in Web Hosting Settings in Custom view: plesk bin admin --update -manage_quota true |
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Allows/Prohibits managing subdomains in Custom view. |
To allow the administrator managing subdomains in Custom view: plesk bin admin --update -manage_subdomains true |
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Allows/Prohibits managing domain aliases in Custom view. |
To allow the administrator managing domain aliases in Custom view: plesk bin admin --update -manage_domain_aliases true |
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Allows/Prohibits adjusting log rotation settings on the Logs page in Custom view. |
To allow the administrator adjusting log rotation settings in Custom view: plesk bin admin --update -manage_log true |
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Allows/Prohibits setting up the anonymous FTP access to a site at the FTP Access page in Custom view. |
To allow the administrator setting up the anonymous FTP access to a site in Custom view: plesk bin admin --update -manage_anonftp true |
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Allows/Prohibits managing additional FTP accounts at the FTP Access page in Custom view. |
To allow the administrator managing additional FTP accounts in Custom view: plesk bin admin --update -manage_subftp true |
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Allows/Prohibits creating scheduled tasks in Custom view. The administrator can run these tasks only on behalf of the system user associated with the webspace. |
To allow the administrator creating scheduled tasks in Custom view: plesk bin admin --update -manage_crontab true |
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Allows/Prohibits managing DNS zone records for domains in Custom view. |
To allow the administrator managing DNS zone records in Custom view: plesk bin admin --update -manage_dns true |
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Allows/Prohibits managing Java web apps in Custom view. |
To allow the administrator managing web apps in Custom view: plesk bin admin --update -manage_webapps true |
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Allows/Prohibits managing web statistics settings (change statistics engine, and so on) in Custom view. |
To allow the administrator managing web apps in Custom view: plesk bin admin --update -manage_webstat true |
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Allows/Prohibits adjusting mail settings for a certain webspace in Custom view. |
To allow the administrator adjusting mail settings in Custom view: plesk bin admin --update -manage_mail_settings true |
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Allows/Prohibits managing mailing lists for a certain webspace in Custom view. |
To allow the administrator managing mailing lists in Custom view: plesk bin admin --update -manage_maillists true |
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Allows/Prohibits adjusting spam filter settings for a certain webspace in Custom view. |
To allow the administrator managing mailing lists in Custom view: plesk bin admin --update -manage_spamfilter true |
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Allows/Prohibits adjusting antivirus settings for a certain mailbox in Custom view. |
To allow the administrator adjusting antivirus settings in Custom view: plesk bin admin --update -manage_virusfilter true |
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Allows/Prohibits creating website backups in the server storage in Custom view. |
To allow the administrator creating backups in the server storage in Custom view: plesk bin admin --update -allow_local_backups true |
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Allows/Prohibits creating website backups in an FTP storage in Custom view. |
To allow the administrator creating backups in an FTP storage in Custom view: plesk bin admin --update -allow_ftp_backups true |
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Allows/Prohibits creating account backups in the server storage in Custom view. |
To allow the administrator creating account backups in the server storage in Custom view: plesk bin admin --update -allow_account_local_backups true |
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Allows/Prohibits creating account backups in an FTP storage in Custom view. |
To allow the administrator creating account backups in an FTP storage in Custom view: plesk bin admin --update -allow_ftp_backups true |
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Allows/Prohibits the administrator in Custom view to make remote XML API calls. |
To allow the administrator in Custom view making remote XML API calls: plesk bin admin --update -remote_access_interface true |
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Allows/Prohibits adjusting the performance settings in Custom view: Maximum bandwidth, number of connections, and per-site PHP performance settings. |
To allow the administrator adjusting performance settings in Custom view: plesk bin admin --update -manage_performance true |
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Allows/Prohibits the administrator in Custom view to choose a database server for storing created databases. The Database server parameter is available/unavailable to the administrator while adding a new database. |
To allow the administrator choosing a database server in Custom view: plesk bin admin --update -select_db_server true |
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Allows/Prohibits managing remote access to database servers in Custom view. |
To allow the administrator enabling remote connection to database servers in Custom view: plesk bin admin --update -remote_db_connection true |
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Allows/Prohibits accessing Application Catalog in Custom view. The Applications page is shown/hidden to the administrator. |
To allow the administrator accessing Application Catalog in Custom view: plesk bin admin --update -access_appcatalog true |
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Allows/Prohibits activating APS apps using license keys from the Plesk license pool. |
To allow the administrator activating APS apps using license keys from the Plesk license pool in Custom view: plesk bin admin --update -allow_license_stubs true |
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Allows/Prohibits the administrator in Custom view changing scripting options that may affect site security. |
To allow the administrator changing scripting options that may affect site security: plesk bin admin --update -allow_insecure_sites true |
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Allows/Prohibits performing website maintenance in Custom view. |
To allow the administrator performing website maintenance in Custom view: plesk bin admin --update -manage_website_maintenance true |
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Allows/Prohibits access to the WordPress Toolkit in Custom view. |
To allow the administrator accessing the WordPress Toolkit in Custom view: plesk bin admin --update -manage_wordpress_toolkit true |
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Allows/Prohibits access to the WordPress Toolkit Security Management feature in Custom view. |
To allow the administrator accessing the WordPress Toolkit Security Management feature in Custom view: plesk bin admin --update -manage_security_wordpress_toolkit true |
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Allows/Prohibits managing password-protected directories in Custom view. The Password-Protected Directories page is shown/hidden to the administrator. |
To allow the administrator managing password-protected directories in Custom view: plesk bin admin --update -manage_protected_dirs true |
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Allows/Prohibits managing the external SMTP server for outgoing mail in Custom view. The External SMTP Server Settings page is shown/hidden to the administrator. |
To allow the administrator managing the SMTP server for outgoing mail in Custom view: plesk bin admin --update -manage_server_mailgate true |
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Allows/Prohibits managing Plesk security policy in Custom view. |
To allow the administrator managing security policy in Custom view: plesk bin admin --update -manage_secure_passwords true |
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Allows/Prohibits managing auxiliary user accounts in Custom view. The Users tab is shown/hidden to the administrator. |
To allow the administrator managing auxiliary user accounts in Custom view: plesk bin admin --update -access_service_users true |
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Sets the Plesk administrator's password. Use with the See additional comments in the Note below the table. |
To change the Plesk administrator's password to mypassword: plesk bin admin --set-password -passwd mypassword |
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Saves the Plesk administrator's password in the encrypted form. Use with the If you do not use the options |
To change the Plesk administrator's password to mypassword and save the password in the encrypted form: plesk bin admin --set-password -passwd mypassword -encrypted-password |
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Saves the Plesk administrator's password in plain text. Use with the |
To change the Plesk administrator's password to mypassword and save the password in plain text: plesk bin admin --set-password -passwd mypassword -plain-password |
Note: Use of the -passwd
option is not recommended. Passing passwords through CLI as parameters of the -passwd
option may potentially compromise the system's security as command line can be observed by other users of the system. It is more secure to pass passwords through the environment variables. You can transfer non-encrypted passwords by using environment variable PSA_PASSWORD
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Similarly, you can transfer encrypted passwords through the environment variable PSA_CRYPTED_PASSWORD
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