Update cPanel account password

This function modifies a cPanel or reseller account's password.

Note

When modifying the root password, this will only update the password for the root system user, but not for the root MySQL user.
To update the MySQL root user's password, use set_local_mysql_root_password.

SecurityBasicAuth

Request

password required	string The account's new password. Example: password=12345luggage
user required	string The account's username. Example: user=username
db_pass_update	integer Default: 1 Whether to also change the account's MySQL® password. `1` — Also update the account's MySQL password to match the `password` value. `0` — Do not update. Enum: 0 1 Example: db_pass_update=0
enabledigest or digestauth	integer Whether to enable Digest Authentication for the account. If you do not specify a value, the account retains its current Digest Authentication setting. `1` — Enable. `0` — Disable. Enum: 0 1 Example: enabledigest or digestauth=1

Responses

200

HTTP Request was successful.

	object
	object

get/passwd

Request samples

whmapi1 --output=jsonpretty \
  passwd \
  user='username' \
  password='12345luggage'

Response samples

application/json

{"data": {"app": ["ftp"
]
},
"metadata": {"command": "passwd",
"reason": "Password changed for user “username”.",
"result": 1,
"version": 1
}
}