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| master_password 2019-01-22 | master_password 2023-04-08 (current) | ||
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| You can set the master password in [[ui_pref_security|preferences]]. | You can set the master password in [[ui_pref_security|preferences]]. | ||
| - | 1234 [[reset]] Forgotten Master Password 1234 | + | ===== [[reset]] Forgotten Master Password ===== |
| When you forget your master password, there is no way to recover it, nor the protected passwords. | When you forget your master password, there is no way to recover it, nor the protected passwords. | ||
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| To reset master password, remove ''Configuration\Security'' [[config|configuration]] section/key. | To reset master password, remove ''Configuration\Security'' [[config|configuration]] section/key. | ||
| - | You also need to remove all protected passwords. For this, search for and remove all ''Password'', ''ProxyPasswordEnc'' and ''TunnelPassword'' values from configuration subsections/subkeys of ''Sessions'' section/key. | + | You also need to remove all protected passwords. For this, search for and remove all ''Password'', ''ProxyPasswordEnc'' and ''TunnelPassword'' values from configuration subsections/subkeys of ''Sessions'' section/key. Alternatively, if you are going to set a new master password: While doing that WinSCP will prompt you for previous master password once for every lost password. Just cancel those prompts with ''Esc''. |
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