{"id":32,"date":"2015-04-27T08:45:15","date_gmt":"2015-04-27T08:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/betakb.veeble.org\/?p=32"},"modified":"2025-04-30T10:33:59","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T05:03:59","slug":"changing-cpanel-account-password","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.veeble.com\/kb\/changing-cpanel-account-password\/","title":{"rendered":"Changing cPanel account password"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You might have come across multiple errors after a simple account password change. This KB article helps you to get it done with ease.<\/p>\n<p>You may change the password via shell\/WHM\/cPanel, as explained below:-<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"Shell.2F_Back-end\" class=\"mw-headline\">Shell\/ Back-end<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you have the shell access, you may run the following cPanel scripts.<\/p>\n<pre>\/scripts\/chpass username passwd\n\/scripts\/ftpupdate (you should run this script too to sync the new password in ftp conf files)\n<\/pre>\n<h2><span id=\"WHM\" class=\"mw-headline\">WHM<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>1. Login to WHM. URL&nbsp;: <a class=\"external free\" href=\"https:\/\/ipaddress:2087\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/ipaddress:2087<\/a> Username&nbsp;: root or username of the re-seller account, if you are a re-seller. Password&nbsp;: root password or Password of the re-seller account.<\/p>\n<p>2. From the &#8216;Account Functions&#8217; menu, select &#8216;Password Modification&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>3. 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