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| Yes you can. And in fact anybody with access to your computer can do it too. That's why you should **NEVER** [[security_credentials#storing_password|store your password]] to WinSCP session without using [[master_password|master password]]. Read more about [[security_credentials|security of stored credentials]]. | Yes you can. And in fact anybody with access to your computer can do it too. That's why you should **NEVER** [[security_credentials#storing_password|store your password]] to WinSCP session without using [[master_password|master password]]. Read more about [[security_credentials|security of stored credentials]]. | ||
| - | One way is to recover your password is enabling a password logging in preferences. See //[[ui_pref_logging|Log passwords and other sensitive information]]// preference option. Then inspect the session log file to find the stored password. | + | One way is to recover your password is enabling a password logging in preferences. See //[[ui_pref_logging|Log passwords and other sensitive information]]// preference option. Then inspect the session log file to find the stored password: | 
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| - | . 2017-06-13 07:41:11.313 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | + | . 2019-08-13 07:41:11.313 --------------------------------------------------------------------- | 
| - | . 2017-06-13 07:41:11.313 WinSCP Version 5.9.5 (Build 7441) (OS 10.0.15063 - Windows 10) | + | . 2019-08-13 07:41:11.313 WinSCP Version 5.15.3 (Build 9730) (OS 10.0.18362 - Windows 10 Enterprise) | 
| - | . 2017-06-13 07:41:11.313 Configuration: HKCU\Software\Martin Prikryl\WinSCP 2\ | + | . 2019-08-13 07:41:11.313 Configuration: HKCU\Software\Martin Prikryl\WinSCP 2\ | 
| - | . 2017-06-13 07:41:11.313 Log level: Normal, Logging passwords | + | . 2019-08-13 07:41:11.313 Log level: Normal, Logging passwords | 
| ... | ... | ||
| - | . 2017-06-13 07:41:11.313 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | + | . 2019-08-13 07:41:11.313 --------------------------------------------------------------------- | 
| - | . 2017-06-13 07:41:11.313 Session name: My server (Site) | + | . 2019-08-13 07:41:11.313 Session name: My server (Site) | 
| - | . 2017-06-13 07:41:11.313 Host name: example.com (Port: 22) | + | . 2019-08-13 07:41:11.313 Host name: example.com (Port: 22) | 
| - | . 2017-06-13 07:41:11.313 User name: martin (Password: mypassword, Key file: No) | + | . 2019-08-13 07:41:11.313 User name: martin (Password: mypassword, Key file: No) | 
| </code> | </code> | ||