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| 2008-04-08 | 2008-04-16 | ||
| 4.1 It is possible to optionally overwrite stored password with new one, if authentication with original stored password fails (martin) | 4.1 If authentication challenge includes multiple prompts, all are displayed in one form. (martin) | ||
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| For keyboard-interactive, TIS or Cryptocard authentication methods the server can issue its own prompt. Most of the servers use keyboard-interactive authentication just as different method for getting account password. For the reason WinSCP by default responds to the first keyboard-interactive prompt with the password entered on Login dialog (if any). To disable this behaviour unset keyboard-interactive authentication option //[[ui_login_authentication#attempt_keyboard-interactive_authentication|Respond with password to the first prompt]]//. | For keyboard-interactive, TIS or Cryptocard authentication methods the server can issue its own prompt. Most of the servers use keyboard-interactive authentication just as different method for getting account password. For the reason WinSCP by default responds to the first keyboard-interactive prompt with the password entered on Login dialog (if any). To disable this behaviour unset keyboard-interactive authentication option //[[ui_login_authentication#attempt_keyboard-interactive_authentication|Respond with password to the first prompt]]//. | ||
| - | As the server can generally prompt for anything, the answer can be quite long and may not be even secret. For the reason you can make it visible by unchecking //Hide typing//, so you can easier type it. | + | The server may also issue multiple prompts at once. |
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