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no summary (98.234.130.62) (hidden) Restored revision 1262506364. Undoing revisions 1264224988, 1264225048. (martin) (hidden)
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-suroot===== Username =====+===== Username =====
If you do not specify username on [[ui_login_session#session_group|Login dialog]], WinSCP will prompt you once it needs it for authentication. If you do not specify username on [[ui_login_session#session_group|Login dialog]], WinSCP will prompt you once it needs it for authentication.
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-alpine===== Password =====+===== Password =====
If you are using password authentication, you can enter your password directly on [[ui_login_session#session_group|Login dialog]]. Otherwise WinSCP will prompt you once a server asks for it. You will be prompted again, if you enter invalid password. Also note that most of the servers will "prompt" for password when you use invalid username, not to allow attacker to learn if particular account exists. If you are using password authentication, you can enter your password directly on [[ui_login_session#session_group|Login dialog]]. Otherwise WinSCP will prompt you once a server asks for it. You will be prompted again, if you enter invalid password. Also note that most of the servers will "prompt" for password when you use invalid username, not to allow attacker to learn if particular account exists.

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