December 4, 201411 yr Storing credentials is a nice feature in Windows but once you need them and don't fully remember them it get's annoying! Resetting is not always an option because it means one has to change the pw on several other devices. I was messing with rsync yesterday and couldn't tell if it was a wrong password or another issue that threw errors at me. In the end it wasn't the password but you should be able to check a password to be sure. Is there a way to check/unhide the password of an user? Mostly one knows the password or at least knows what it should be but there may be spelling issues or uncertainties e.g. where the number was (in the beginning or at the end of the string). Some trials often reveal the correct password. Where would I check it at the moment? Should this be a feature in an upcoming version?
December 9, 201411 yr Storing credentials is a nice feature in Windows but once you need them and don't fully remember them it get's annoying! Resetting is not always an option because it means one has to change the pw on several other devices. I was messing with rsync yesterday and couldn't tell if it was a wrong password or another issue that threw errors at me. In the end it wasn't the password but you should be able to check a password to be sure. Is there a way to check/unhide the password of an user? Short answer... not possible in any way. The passwords are encrypted in both Linux and in windows using a one-way encryption. The encrypted results are compared to the identical encrypted results of your potential password. If both encrypted values match, the passwords matched. Mostly one knows the password or at least knows what it should be but there may be spelling issues or uncertainties e.g. where the number was (in the beginning or at the end of the string). Some trials often reveal the correct password. Where would I check it at the moment? In your recollection... (or written on the post-it note under your keyboard ;-) ). It is not stored in plaintext anywhere to un-hide. Should this be a feature in an upcoming version? No... Joe L.
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