{"id":949,"date":"2013-06-01T12:15:17","date_gmt":"2013-06-01T12:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/?p=949"},"modified":"2024-04-24T08:55:50","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T07:55:50","slug":"how-to-change-root-password-from-whm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/how-to-change-root-password-from-whm\/","title":{"rendered":"How to change root password from WHM ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What if you wish to change your server&#8217;s root password ? You can change it from WHM OR by accessing the server via SSH.<\/p>\n<p>Login to your server&#8217;s WHM &amp; access option <strong>Server Configuration \u00bb Change Root Password<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-950\" src=\"http:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/change-root-password-from-WHM.jpg\" alt=\"change root password from WHM\" width=\"565\" height=\"291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/change-root-password-from-WHM.jpg 565w, https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/change-root-password-from-WHM-300x154.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 565px) 100vw, 565px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Click on Password Generator &amp; generate a strong alpha numeric password using the options. Make sure you copy the new password. Tick the option which says, I have copied the password &amp; Click on use password.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-951\" src=\"http:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/password-generator.jpg\" alt=\"password generator\" width=\"380\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/password-generator.jpg 380w, https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/password-generator-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/password-generator-297x300.jpg 297w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 380px) 100vw, 380px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It is always recommended to change the passwords twice every month. Contact our <a title=\"Milesweb Support Team\" href=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/contact.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">support team<\/a> if you wish us to change OR reset account\/server passwords.<\/p>\n<p>Looking for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting\/vps-hosting\/\">best VPS Hosting<\/a>? Look no further than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\">MilesWeb Hosting<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c  no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer; top: 140px; left: 150px;\">Save<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What if you wish to change your server&#8217;s root password ? You can change it from WHM OR by accessing the server via SSH. Login to your server&#8217;s WHM &amp; access option Server Configuration \u00bb Change Root Password. Click on Password Generator &amp; generate a strong alpha numeric password using the options. Make sure you [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,41,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","placeholder-for-hentry","category-dedicated-server-faq","category-howtos","category-vps-faq"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How to change root password from WHM ?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Change the root password from WHM and enhance security by updating the root password. 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