Quick WHM/cPanel All email passwords reset

You generally don’t want to use this script. This is a last resort, when all mailbox passwords for the entire account need to be changed. For this script to work, you need root access to your WHM/cPanel server. This could ruin everything, be warned!

Here be dragons!

#!/bin/bash
newpass='SomeStr0ngPasswordGoesHere!'
accountname='example'
domainname='example.com'

uapi --user=$accountname Email list_pops \
  | grep email \
  | awk '{print$2}' | awk -F\@ '{print$1}' | \
  while read m; do
    echo changing password for $m
    uapi --user=@accountname Email passwd_pop domain=$domainname email=$m password=$newpass
  done
echo done

Here are the links to the official API docs:

• https://documentation.cpanel.net/display/DD/UAPI+Functions+-+Email%3A%3Apasswd\_pop
• https://documentation.cpanel.net/display/DD/UAPI+Functions+-+Email%3A%3Alist\_pops

Is there a better way to do this? probably

Can I randomize the password? sure, but how will you send the new passwords to your users?

Hope it helps!