root password and security policy

Cloud9

• April 29, 2021 11:18

Just tried to log into whm, get the following screen (attached) I cant do anything till I change my root pw - however I dont wish to do this - any way in ssh (I have access via ssh keys) to manual edit this so I can get into whm and not have to change my password ?

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  andrewmoras

  • April 29, 2021 17:05

  You could simply disable the Security Policy - PasswordAge by modifying: /var/cpanel/cpanel.config and change SecurityPolicy::PasswordAge=1 with SecurityPolicy::PasswordAge=0 I think this should get you going. Thanks, Andrew

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  Cloud9

  • April 30, 2021 06:51

  Nope - just locks me out with and cant get to whm at all

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  Cloud9

  • May 01, 2021 06:19

  Above did work, needed to restart cpanel for it to kick in - @andrewmoras Thanks /scripts/restartsrv cpanel
  

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  andrewmoras

  • May 02, 2021 17:24

  Above did work, needed to restart cpanel for it to kick in - @andrewmoras Thanks /scripts/restartsrv cpanel
  

  
  Yep, I forgot about the cPanel restart part but I'm glad that it worked :-) Thanks, Andrew

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  cPRex Jurassic Moderator

  • May 03, 2021 17:16

  Thanks @andrewmoras !!!

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