{"id":2839,"date":"2013-09-13T13:33:54","date_gmt":"2013-09-13T13:33:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/2013\/09\/13\/how-to-force-a-password-change-in-whm\/"},"modified":"2021-08-16T23:11:00","modified_gmt":"2021-08-17T03:11:00","slug":"how-to-force-a-password-change-in-whm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/whm\/how-to-force-a-password-change-in-whm\/","title":{"rendered":"How to force a password change in WHM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As a <strong>reseller<\/strong>, there may be times when you need your users to <strong>change their password for cPanel<\/strong>. For example, if you notice malware or scripts being uploaded via cPanel, or you want them to <strong>rotate passwords<\/strong> periodically, you can force users to create a new password next time they log into cPanel.<\/p>\n<h2>Forcing a password change:<\/h2>\n<ol class=\"article_list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/whm\/log-into-whm\/\">Login to WHM<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>In the left navigation menu click <strong>Account Functions<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Click the <strong>Force Password Change<\/strong> button.<br>\n<a href=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/reseller_force-password-change.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"667\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/reseller_force-password-change.png\" class=\"optimized-lcp-image\" alt=\"password modification in WHM\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/reseller_force-password-change.png 667w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/reseller_force-password-change-300x179.png 300w\"><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>You will see your accounts listed. Click the check box under <em>Forced?<\/em> for the account you want to force a password change on (you can also click <strong>Select All<\/strong> to force password changes on all accounts). Then, click the <strong>Submit<\/strong> button. You will see a <em>Success!<\/em> message in the bottom right. Now the next time that user logs into cPanel successful, they will see a message stating \u201cAn administrator has requested you change your password.\u201d<br>\n<a href=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/reseller_force-password.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"std_ss size-full wp-image-12357\" title=\"modify password\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/reseller_force-password.png\" alt=\"forced password change\" width=\"744\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/reseller_force-password.png 744w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/reseller_force-password-300x174.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 1360px) 876px, (min-width: 960px) calc(61.58vw + 51px), calc(100vw - 80px)\" \/><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Congratulations, now you know how to force cPanels users to create a new password in WHM.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a reseller, there may be times when you need your users to change their password for cPanel. 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