How to reset Litespeed password in Linux system

What if you forgot litespeed admin pass? Don’t worry here are the simple steps to reset it on Linux machine.

Login to the server already installed LiteSpeed via SSH access. Go to the directory /admin/misc/; where LiteSpeed installed. If you install LiteSpeed in /usr/local/ then you will find it in /usr/local/admin/misc/

server:~# cd /usr/local/lsws/admin/misc

server:/usr/local/lsws/admin/misc# pwd

/usr/local/lsws/admin/misc
server:/usr/local/lsws/admin/misc#
Change your password by running admpass.sh file which works to change the Litespeed admin password.

 

Then follow the steps and you’re done.

server:/usr/local/lsws/admin/misc# ./admpass.sh
Please specify the user name of administrator.
This is the user name required to login the administration Web interface. 

User name [admin]: admin

Please specify the administrator’s password.
This is the password required to login the administration Web interface.

Password:
Retype password:
Administrator’s username/password is updated successfully!
Done. Now you can log into Litespeed with user and password that you change.