====== Recovering your account password ======

If you forget or misplace your master password for Virtualmin, you can easily recover it by using the following URL:

%%https://virtualmin.joyent.us/SERVER/password-recovery/%%

(replace SERVER with your server name)

Enter your user name and have your password mailed to you. Virtualmin will only use the email address that it registered as //Contact email// on your primary virtual server (in Virtualmin, open **Configurable settings** under //Edit Virtual Server//).

<note important>This will only work in case you cannot sign in to Virtualmin. If you **are** logged in (i.e. your browser has a valid HTTP authentication session and you can navigate Virtualmin), use the **Administration password** field on your primary virtual server to reset your password.</note>

<note warning>This feature will not work if you used //passwd// in your shell to change your password there. There is really no reason to use //passwd// instead of Virtualmin, but if you do, this will be the consequence.</note>