# How to change an admin password using trytond-admin?

**URL:** <https://discuss.tryton.org/t/how-to-change-an-admin-password-using-trytond-admin/8099>\
**Category:** System Administrator\
**Created:** [December 6, 2024, 3:40pm UTC](https://discuss.tryton.org/t/how-to-change-an-admin-password-using-trytond-admin/8099 "2024-12-06T15:40:39Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 6, 2024, 6:01pm UTC](https://discuss.tryton.org/t/how-to-change-an-admin-password-using-trytond-admin/8099/2 "2024-12-06T18:01:47Z")

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It should be as simple as:

```auto
trytond-admin --database database_name --password

```

But you may need to to also specify the `--config` file location if you have one.

Then when running the command it should prompt you to enter the new password.

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