Login to the mysql database.

mysql -u root -p

and enter the password of the mysql root user. To switch to the ISPConfig database, run this command:

use dbispconfig;

Now execute the SQL command:

UPDATE sys_user SET passwort = md5('admin') WHERE username = 'admin';

and close the mysql shell:

quit;

ISPConfig Requirements

Operating System: Linux (Kernel 2.2.x or later with glibc6)
(the following distributions are

supported: Mandrake/Mandriva Linux starting version 8.1 or later, RedHat
Linux version 7.3 or later, Fedora Core 1 – 6, Fedora 7 – 12, SuSE Linux version 7.3 or later, Debian Linux version 3.0
or later, Ubuntu 5.04 or later, CentOS 4.1 – 5.4)

  • Apache Webserver version 1.3.12 or later / 2.0.40 or later
  • Sendmail or Postfix
  • Procmail
  • Quota Package
  • ProFTP as standalone version or vsftpd as inetd/xinetd/standalone version
  • PHP 4.0.5 or newer as Apache module
  • MySQL data basea POP3/IMAP daemon that supports either the traditional
    Unix-Mailbox format (e.g. gnu-pop3d, qpopper, ipop3d, popa3d or vm-pop3d) or the Maildir format (e.g. Courier-Imap, Dovecot)
  • OpenSSL and mod_ssl for the creation of SSL virtual hosts
  • BIND8 / BIND9
  • iptables or ipchains
  • gcc and cpp, the c and c++ compilers

System Setup Examples

Examples of system setups that work with ISPConfig perfectly out of the box:

Sources