Questions tagged [passwords]

String of characters that allows access to a computer, interface, system or application.

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Will stealing private key allow hacker to login to server?

I am trying to understand how rsa public private key pairs work. Lets say there are two servers: Q and A. In order for Q to ssh into A, key pairs are generated without passphrase in Q and public key ...
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Import Chrome passwords to Firefox

Am I stupid or is there no way to import Chrome passwords to Firefox without using 3rd party software/service? I mean, it's such a silly little task. I don't want to use LastPass. I found how to ...
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How to change ppk password for Google Cloud Debian Linux server

Someone compromised my .ppk as well as the username and password. They don't have much CLI knowledge so they haven't done any damage yet, but I'm trying to figure out how to change the ssh password ...
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How do I switch from Windows Live login/password to local without Live password, but with Administrator access?

A friend recently passed away, and his wife asked me to gain access to his Windows laptop for which she doesn't know the password. When I try to guess the password, I get this error message: You ...
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Where does QuickBooks store the password?

I have tried to open QuickBooks Pro 2012 after several years (on a PC laptop, Windows 7), but I don't have the password. I received the license # and pin from QB, and did an uninstall then reinstall ...
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Is it necessary to log out of a website in an incognito window if you’re just going to close the window afterward?

I use online banking, typically in an incognito window. I also use other, less important accounts in incognito windows because I don't want websites to be tracking me across the Internet (tracking ...
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Is it possible not to have an ssh password for a user when coming from a specific network?

I would like to login to ssh without providing a password when connecting from a specific network (I am aware of the risk). Is this something which can be configured? Please note that I am not ...
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Why is your username AND password not hashed and salted? [closed]

Since common responses from Username and/or Password failure at logging is ALWAYS returned "Your Username OR Password are incorrect" due to increased security then why would systems not store the ...
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Can I / how do I get Windows 10 to display password requirements to users?

A user of Windows 10 recently was asked to update her password when she was logged out of her computer, but none of the requirements for passwords were listed. Of course since she was logged out of ...
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How do I make the router send an email every time the password changes?

I have two routers at home. One is TP Link (to share connections with neighbors) and the other is ZTE F609 (from ISP). I want to hack my ZTE router. My brother is very naughty, he often changes ZTE ...
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How to remove win10 password/login screen on company laptop? [closed]

I have a work laptop. There are many restrictions and one of them is to replace password evrey 3 month and using symbols, numbers, etc. There is a way to remove the login screen? (obviously netplwiz ...
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I forgot my sudo password

I forgot my sudo password. I want to install a package and it needs me my sudo password. Every time I enter the password by chance. I get the error of try again. Would you please tell me how I can ...
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Require password when returning from sleep: Opensuse Leap 15, budgie-desktop

When I wake my laptop from a suspended state, there is no password prompt. I'd instead like to require a password to use the laptop. I've looked in Settings > Power and Settings > Privacy but these ...
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How to require password when accessing a folder on Windows

My question is about Windows and no networking (it's not about a shared folder, just a local folder, example C:\Users\john\musics\myMusics). All software to "lock" folders just hide the folder, and ...
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How to remove UEFI supervisor password? Acer Aspire 771G

2 years ago I try to install a Linux distribution. - To do so I need to disable the secure boot and set the supervisor password. - My keyboard was giving me problems at that time and now i don't ...
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How to provide list of possible passwords to winrar?

I have a list of possible passwords and bunch of rar files. As you suspect, I would like to open, unrar all those files using provided passwords but I don't know which password is related to which rar ...
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How to make a scheduled task to unlock external hdd everytime I login?

How to make a scheduled task to unlock external hdd everytime I login? I have some WD drive which I can't remove the pswd unlock as I believe it's part of the firmware. Everytime I have to log into ...
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How to edit passwords saved in Google Chrome

I know we can go to chrome://settings/passwords#passwords to find the saved passwords, but is there a way to edit any of the saved passwords? Every now and then we come across 2 types of challenges ...
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What can cause FileVault password to change by itself

To elaborate on that, my work computer is a Macbook Pro encrypted with FileVault. I was away for a few weeks vacation and coming back I can't log in. My password is correct. I've been using it for a ...
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Cracking an 8-character password

So here's the situation. I am locked out of my admin portal on my WiFi home modem+router (Dlink 3782) and the default password has been lost to time on the back of the router and I wanted to have a ...
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Why can't I reset the password for another user on my computer?

I have another user on my Windows 10 computer, who has forgotten their password. According to this article, I should be able to reset their password from the control panel, like so: But here's what I ...
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BIOS Settings Greyed-out

I have installed Ubuntu 16.04 on my acer aspire v3-575G. I was prompted to set a password to disable secure boot and I complied. After restarting to configure my boot order(I am dual booting) I was ...
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Reset BIOS Password Lenovo Yoga 710-11IKB

I have a Lenovo Yoga 710-11IKB that has a BIOS password that I don't ever recall setting. The computer boots up the OS just fine, but if try to get to the setup screen or boot from a USB it asks for ...
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How do I recover password saved in service?

I have a genomics analysis machine based on Windows 7 (MiSeq from Illumina). Somebody set up a SMB share to that machine with username and password (e.g. .\sbsuser) at least two years ago, but seems ...
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Auto-run video files on USB drive and make the files protected from being copied

I have some video files that i want them to be protected from being copied on a USB drive. Plus i need the user to be able to watch these videos. I'm not sure if it's possible.
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Why would some characters be "expanded"?

I tried to sign up for an account on nvidia.custhelp.com and the password requirements stated 20 characters or less. I made a password 20 characters, numbers & symbols long, and got the following ...
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Unable to set Outlook 2013 mailserver credentials via credetial manager

I have a small business with 6 win7 computers. All computers run a local Outlook 2013 with 1 to 4 email accounts. Now every once in a while the mail server password changes so outlook prompts for a ...
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Windows 10 - Can I reset local password using my Microsoft Account?

I bought my Dell 7577 1 month ago, it has Windows 10 - Home Single Language OS. I added my Microsoft Account and use PIN to sign in to my laptop. Now I tried to sign in using a Password and it's ...
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smbpasswd command not found on MacOS High Sierra

I need to change my Active Directory password at my office, we have documentation on linux to use smbpasswd command line. On Debian, this command can be found in samba-common-bin. I wish I could ...
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How to reset the BIOS password of HP ProBook 6360b [duplicate]

How do I reset the BIOS password of an HP ProBook 6360b?  I tried these tricks: I removed the CMOS battery and left it for 7 days. I short circuited the jumper wires. But nothing happened.
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Chrome is not offering to save passwords in a website with a self-signed SSL certificate

I used this post but still unable to save passwords with Chrome.
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Syncing Firefox passwords between 2 computers - FF >= 57

I am using Firefox Quantum (v60). I have some passwords stored in my current profile (#1). I am also using FF in another computer (#2), with other passwords. I mean to merge the two password lists ...
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Prevent two users from having the same password

I doubt this is possible and I know this is not the safest idea but I want to see if there is a way in Windows to prevent two users from having the same password. Specifically I want to make a user ...
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Allowing user to change password without enforcing password change

I have a handful directory user accounts that should not require password change every few months. However, the user should be able to change it if he wishes to (especially since we send out initial ...
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Text file with password but cross platform windows/android

I'm trying to encrypt a txt file, and there are several options for windows, like using 7zip or rar to password store it, or notepad++ with securepad plugin. But I want to find a solution that is ...
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How to reset root password on openwrt like embedded linux

Yesterday I did one stupid thing. Removed encoded root password from /etc/shadow on my router. root::17459:0:99999:7::: Router firmware is a openwrt like embeded linux with ssh access. Now I can't ...
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Is it possible for the pass utility to use symmetric encryption for a specific directory?

Recently, I've been looking into using the Unix tool pass as my password manager. I've figured out a workflow I'm happy with for handling my passwords and personal info. Now I'm looking into the best ...
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How to re-save passwords in Google Chrome?

I was deleting some ancient passwords in "Saved Passwords" in Google Chrome and inadvertently deleted very important passwords, (like my Google account login for one). When I try to log into my ...
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MariaDB on Linux Mint: trouble setting root password

I don't know whether this is the right Stack Exchange Q+A for this... I just installed MariaDB in Linux Mint Cinnamon (18.1). mysql --version gives: mysql Ver 15.1 Distrib 10.0.34-MariaDB, for ...
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How do I pass the password to a net use command without being prompted?

I need to map a drive without being prompted for the password. I am trying to use net use and putting the password inline within the command. I get an error. net use H: \\MYSERVER\MYFOLDERS\Backup /...
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Root user no longer exists

I'm running macOS Server 5.6.1 on High Sierra (10.13.4) and I was trying to modify a system launch daemon plist file the other day as my apache installation wasn't working after migration. sudo wouldn'...
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SCP prompts for password when using identity_file but SSH doesn't

I have created a new key using ssh-keygen -t rsa without a passphrase. I have then transferred the key using ssh-copy-id [email protected] and then ssh'ed to the host using ssh '[email protected]' or ...
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changing user password with windows sc.exe config command is not working

I am trying to change the user password with sc.exe config command. I used the command sc.exe config ol_cognoscm obj= .\informix password= ********** I did see the password changed successfully ...
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How can I delete a website login in Google Chrome?

I believe this is an autofill issue rather than a stored password facilities issue, although I am not sure that it's either. Sometime ago, I set up an account on one particular website with a ...
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Reset password Brother 8890DW

we have in our office a brother MFC-8890DW and we lost the password for user "admin" ("access" is the default). How i reset this password (or reset all printer settings)? I cant do any changes (like ...
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John the Ripper not fully using CPU

I'm using John the Ripper to crack an old ZIP archive encrypted with PKZIP, and although I've set the thread count to match the number of cores I have (4) only about 50-60% of my CPUs are being used ...
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Passthrough Password

I am trying to psexec to a remote machine and run a program through a cmd command, however the program prompts for a password (not a windows password). Is there a way to add this password to the ...
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Hdd locked by ata password

I have a 500gb western digital hard drive and I accidentally set an ata password on the hard drive. I tried master passwords, those did not work, I read about hdd unlock wizard, but when i go to there ...
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Arch won't accept my passwords

Yesterday I installed arch with Xorg, Lightdm, Lightdm greeter and KDE Plasma 5 as desktop environment, on a external hard drive. Since the beginning I noticed that it didn't accept my user password (...
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How can we disable ODBC credentials popup in excel

Can we disable the ODBC credential popup on refresh of external data in Excel 2016: and, if so, how?
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