Guide

Change the root password for your VPS

Root is the server’s administrator account. Change its password in the client area if you’ve forgotten it or want a new one.

About 1 minute Applies to VPS running Linux Updated 6 Nov 2026

Faster: let an AI app do itMCP

If you’ve connected Inleed to an AI app, just write what you want done, for example:

Change the root password on my VPS

The app prepares the change. You approve it in the client area.

How to connect an AI app Works with Claude, ChatGPT and Codex

Before you start

The server runs Linux. The change doesn’t work on Windows servers.
The server restarts when the password is changed, so it is down for a short while.

1
Log in to the client area and click Manage next to your VPS.
Your VPS’s page opens.
2
Click Forgot the password? and follow the steps.

The server has a new root password.

If you’re logged in to the server, you can also change the password with the passwd command.
SSH to a VPS uses port 22, unless you’ve changed it yourself.