The admin utility is used to manage Plesk administrator control panel interface preferences and view the administrator's personal information and interface preferences through CLI.
Syntax
admin <command> [
<option_1> [<param>]
[<option_2> [<param>]]
… [<option_N> [<param>]]
Example
The following command sets the default interface skin to WinXP Olivegreen, the default interface language to Russian, and applies interface customization template CustomTemplate to the administrator's control panel interface.
# ./admin --update -skin "WinXP Olivegreen" -locale -ru-RU -template CustomTemplate
Commands
Command |
Parameter |
Description |
Example |
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Updates Plesk administrator's server preferences. |
To set the WinXP Olivegreen skin as the default interface skin: # ./admin --update -skin "WinXP Olivegreen" or # ./admin -u -skin "WinXP Olivegreen" |
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Displays Plesk administrator's personal information and preferences. |
To view Plesk administrator's personal information and preferences: # ./admin --info or # ./admin -i |
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Displays Plesk administrator's personal information and preferences in the XML format. |
To view Plesk administrator's personal information and preferences in the XML format: # ./admin --xml-info or # ./admin -xi |
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Displays help on the use of the utility. |
To view help on the use of the admin utility: # ./admin --help or # ./admin -h |
Options
Option |
Parameter |
Description |
Example |
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Sets the default interface language for Plesk administrator's control panel interface. The argument of the command must be a valid four-letter language code derived from the language code described in ISO-639-2 and the corresponding country code described in ISO-3166. For example, the Plesk code for the Italian language code is |
To set the default interface language to Russian: # ./admin -u -locale ru-RU |
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Sets the default interface skin for Plesk administrator's control panel interface. |
To set the default interface skin to WinXP Olivegreen: # ./admin -u -skin "WinXP Olivegreen" |
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Applies an interface customization template to Plesk administrator's control panel interface. |
To apply the customization template CustomTemplate to administrator's control panel interface: # ./admin -u -template CustomTemplate |
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Allows/Prohibits having several simultaneous sessions under administrator's login. |
To allow multiple sessions to run simultaneously under administrator's login: # ./admin -u -multiple-sessions true |
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Limits button label length for the Plesk administrator's control panel interface. |
To restrict the maximum button label length for the Plesk administrator's control panel interface to 10: # ./admin -u -max-button-length 10 |
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Prevents/Allows working with Plesk until page is completely loaded. |
To allow Plesk administrator to work with the control panel even if control panel screens are not completely loaded: # ./admin -u -lock-screen false |