Questions tagged [password-management]
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Forgot LastPass password
I formated my computer and now I have a problem with forgot password to LastPass (I write this password by it doesn't work). So. I have a password to email which is a login to LastPass and I had ...
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How do advanced computer users plan for the worst case scenario with their password managers?
I use KeePassXC as my password manager of choice and have my database synced between my computers and phone as I'm not a fan of having all of my credentials accessible on the web (no matter how secure/...
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Google Chrome not prompting for password save on Google sites as of now apparently
I'm trying to save my Gmail (or Google) account password to the browser, but it seems to not be allowed anymore recently. I remember I could do this if I was not signed into a Google "profile&...
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Is there any safe way to set passwords for a HDD or folder in windows 10 home?
Is there any safe way to set passwords for HDD or a folder in windows 10 home?
The bitlocker is not available in this version. I see some software that allows you to do that but not really sure if it ...
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Can you use Bitwarden in the cloud but still have a self-hosted backup
I understand that Bitwarden can be used completely offline by self-hosting. But self-hosting has its "cons". At least for people who are not technologically inclined. But it also has its ...
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chrome/google won't allow me to save 2 usernames and passwords for one website
I have 2 accounts on the same website with 2 different usernames and passwords. Google Chrome will only ask to save one of them. Is there a solution?
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Any method to find Last Password change time with date in Linux
Using the below command we can find the Last Password Change Date in Linux.
chage -l UserName
Does someone have an idea to find the time also?
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The pass password-manager do not link bash compleation to my ~/.password-store folder on Arch Linux
Have had this problem on two different Arch Linux machines in the past, but it have magically resolved itself after a day or two. The primary problem is that when I write pass and use Tab, bash do not ...
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How to protect against password loss? [closed]
I'm running a well encrypted multiple backed up password database. How do I make sure that in a catastrophic event let's say I have a car crash and can't remember the master password, I and only I can ...
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How do cross-browser, cross-device Password Managers work?
For no good reason, I use three different browsers on my laptop. Each has it's own built-in password manager, and if I have to update a password in one, I have to do it in the others.
I've read about ...
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Can 1password and lastpass coexist on the same machine and browser?
We have users who have both Lastpass and 1Password accounts. Can the users have both 1Password and Lastpass browser plugins installed on the same machine and browser? And can they coexist or will ...
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How do I save a local copy of my data from LastPass?
Most online password managers are great. I've been using LastPass (with a varying degree of success.) It works fine in most cases when their site loads up. But it become a real pain when it does not.
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As of the latest major Windows 10 update in the last week I can't access saved site passwords for browsers, is there a fix?
This is affecting both Opera and Chrome. I've seen a few articles about Windows Credentials Manager and suggestions about switching from a Windows to a local account didn't work for me.
Is there a way ...
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Windows Security freezes my computer when accessing Chrome's password manager. Can I speed it up or disable it?
I use Chrome as my default browser in Windows 10. Google Chrome manages my passwords for websites that I need to log into. Whenever I try to access a password from my Saved Passwords in Chrome, a ...
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Access and password management on Mac OS
is it possible to perform user authentication management with passwords in access control on a Mac computer with a recent Mac OS operating system?
Require users passwords with a minimum length of 12 ...
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How to compare Windows Passwords?
i am searching for a way to compare the Passwords of the VMs i am hosting.
I thought it would be a good idea to get the SAM and the SYSTEM file and extract the Hashes.
Then Compare the Hashes to the ...
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How do I reset a local Windows machine password from the domain administrator login?
We're giving an old Windows 8.1 machine away to somebody who needs it and want to take it off the domain. before doing this we need to know the local administrator password.
Logged in to the machine ...
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Passing the paraphrase as an option to encrypt/decrypt command in solaris
Can we pass the paraphrase as an option to the encrypt/decrypt command without being prompted for stdin?
encrypt -a aes [-i input-file] [-o output-file]
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Message Encryption failed is KeepassXC running
I am using KeepassXc 2.5.4
I am using Microsoft Edge Chromium based.
Version 83.0.478.37 (Official build) (64-bit)
OS is Windows 10.(1909)
I have enabled browser integration in KeepassXC settings.
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Chrome: do not ask to update password at a specific site, but continue to ask for others
I want Chrome to stop asking to update the password at one specific site, but to keep updating at others. I routinely access a site that requires dual authentication and, after I enter the code sent ...
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Terminal hangs while I use `$ pass insert [..]`
This post is about the utility pass. It works well for me except when I tried to use
$ pass insert Email/gmail/myname
My terminal gives the prompt
Enter password for Email/gmail/myname: _
and ...
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Where is KDE wallet database/files stored?
I looked everywhere and couldn't find where KDE Wallet information is stored. I would like to back it up but kwallet-query and kwalletcli doesn't seem to be able to export everything. Anyone has any ...
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Recovering local chrome passwords from dead pc
recently my PC died and will not power on. The motherboard had a complete failure. My HDD survived. I have it set up as an external to pull my photos and such. My question comes down to transferring ...
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How can I manually add a password to Chrome password manager?
The title tells it all: I'm wondering how can I add a password to Chrome. For some reason it does not ask to save password for a website. I think I've answered No the first time that it asks to save ...
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Auto-typing passwords etc. into a Hyper-V guest is not working. What can I do?
I am running several virtual machines (Windows and Linux) on a Hyper-V server.
I want to use Keepass to enter passwords stored on my local machine through the Hyper-V connection into the remote ...
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How to ask Firefox to suggest a password when filling out registration form on the web?
I am familiar with Safari on my Mac. Safari usually can recognize a registration form prompting for a new password. In such case, Safari automatically offers to generate a new random password.
Does ...
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Chrome desktop does not save password after old password removed in settings
Previously I had removed saved password of a website in the chrome settings. Now, each time that I login to that site, chrome does not offer to save the password, so I have to repeat entering the ...
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How to remember SSH password for one session
Consider following scenario:
I am logged on serverA as a user 'common'. The key thing about common
user is that a bunch of people have access to it - it is unrestricted and unsecure by design.
Let's ...
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how to use shift+tab on keepass auto type
I need to automate the login to an application that start with the cursor on the password.
I want to use shift + tab to move on the username before actually starting the password sequence.
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Changing PwdLastSet attribute on AD
I want to test our user password policy by changing a test user's last password change date.
According to our policy, passwords need to be changed every 3 months. So I want to set the date back to 3 ...
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Are windows services secrets in the registry safe?
Are windows services registry keys stored securely - encrypted on the disk, protected by an ACL by default or similar?
The key being in HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\{SERVICE_NAME} or ...
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Windows Server 2016 VM RDP Users Can't Change Own Password
When pressing Ctrl-Alt-End on our single Azure VM app server via their RDP sessions, my cloud users keep getting the message, "Configuration information could not be read from the domain controller, ...
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Can you store encrypted passwords in ConnectWise Manage or will they always be plain text?
Title pretty much says it all. I need to store passwords for devices and configurations but I want them to be stored securely and encrypted. Can this be done with ConnectWise Manage?
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How do I add a site to an existing LastPass password from that site?
I'm in the middle of switching password managers (from KeePass to LastPass), and I'm running into an issue with LastPass. I've manually moved all my passwords into my LastPass vault, but did not ...
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Change Active Directory user password
I own an Active Directory user with no access to system resources that is needed to change password.
Is there any easy way to achieve this even if I have no admin rights on Active Directory by just ...
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How to set LastPass to verify before opening my vault and viewing all passwords
I am new to LastPass and I was shocked when I realised that, once I logged in to LastPass browser extension, I could open my vault and view all the passwords even after I had exited my browser and ...
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Thunderbird password manager forgets password for specific service all the time
I am using DavMail in order to use Thunderbird 60.6.1 (32-bit) on Windows 10 (1809) to interface with a non-mailserver; that is my company's instance of Exchange.
Now what's odd about this is that I ...
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Mass replace a password in Chrome password manager
My workplace uses AD to login for a internal sites (20-30 sites), coupled with a mandatory password change policy every 3 months. Each time I change the password, this invalidates the logins I've ...
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gopass doesn't syncing with repository
I've installed gopass on Ubuntu 18.04 host, everything is working fine except one thing.
When I run syncing command:
$ gopass sync
Sync ...
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Is There a Way to Change Windows 10 PIN Programmatically?
So I was hoping to make a script that would change Windows 10 PIN dynamically such that when logging in it would change to increase security. I won't disclose what my script would do exactly, but for ...
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How do I delete many (but not all) Chrome/Google Account stored website passwords at once?
I've seen many recipes to delete ALL Google passwords, but I do not want to remove all, just a big bunch of them! Is this possible?
Some workaround, like backing up to a local file, delete all from ...
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outlook 2003 rejects correct password
I have outlook on 2 computers, both with windows 7. On one computer, it keeps asking for a password. I enter the correct password, but it does not change anything. It asks again. This is the ...
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How do I access the contents of an mSecure backup?
I had an iPhone with mSecure as my password manager, and have some backups.
Now I no longer have the iPhone, and it is not clear to me how to restore from Windows mSecure what data is in the backup. ...
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LastPass email login vs recovery
I recently started using a password manager, specifically LastPass. I have understood how the app works internally to store, encrypt and give me access to my passwords. My question that does not feel ...
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profile.LdapProfile, error while reading canonicalDN
PWM is logging the following error, when connected to my FreeIPA server.
ERROR, profile.LdapProfile, error while reading canonicalDN for dn
value 'uid=pwmproxy,cn=sysaccounts,cn=etc,dc=example,dc=...
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Transfer of Firefox passwords (across different versions)
I'm using Firefox 60.2.2, but I have to go down to an old version (52-56) to use some add-on that's not compatible anymore.
I created another user profile, since I had the impression using the same ...
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How can I make Firefox remember an identifying element in addition to username/password?
A couple of sites I use have a username, second identifier, and a password.
One site (ADP payroll) has client id (company's number) user id (my ID) and password. My company's id is 5 or so digits ...
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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 track the password-store in git
I have started using pass, which creates a .password-store directory, with some .gpg files. Strangely enough:
» git status
On branch master
nothing to commit, working directory clean
Right after ...
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Change password for default keyring in GalliumOS
A friend of mine has installed GalliumOS onto his chromebook, but can't figure out how to set the password for his default keyring. We have found this question, but there is nothing resembling ...
