One way is to configure this command as PuTTY path in Preferences:

And check the Remember session password and pass it to PuTTY.
https://winscp.net/eng/docs/ui_pref_integration_app

Now connect to your session and use the Commands > Open in PuTTY.
You will get your password on console like:

Unfortunately, I work for the Government and I do not have the ability to upgrade my software at this time. Is there any way to retrieve a stored password with version 5.1.7? I would be grateful if you could provide me with some relief as I have 3 stored sessions to servers and I cannot access except through one PC that has WinSCP on it and I need to get off of that machine.

@ToddRasmussen Well, you are using 3 years only version of WinSCP that lacks the function. You need to upgrade.

I have been through this entire thread. I do not wish to use a third party password retriever for a couple of solid reasons. Martin, I hope you answer my post.

I have tried using the session logs, but they do not show my password. It shows my username and shows that it is using a saved password, but it doesn't show what it is...

So then I tried to use the Generate Session URL/Code function method you outline, but I can see no option under Session for this, I also see no Manage menu item at all. I am running v5.1.7 (Build 3446)



I welcome an email response if necessary to trasmuss@dcca.hawaii.gov.

Thank you in advance,

Todd Rasmussen
State of Hawaii

Just found an easy way.. login to WinSCP session, Click Session>Generate Url, Check the password box..voila.. you can see the password in generated URL.,.. The password may be url encoded, which you can decode back...

Martin, you have the patience of a saint! ;)

In the latest release, passwords are logged, when logging of sensitive information is enabled:
https://winscp.net/eng/docs/ui_pref_logging

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You can also abuse a Generate URL function to retrieve a saved password:
https://winscp.net/eng/docs/ui_generateurl

Note that special symbols in the password may get URL-encoded. Decryption key is here:
https://winscp.net/eng/docs/session_url#special

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Both approaches are covered in FAQ:
https://winscp.net/eng/docs/faq_password

@Guest: There's no documentation for this. Just the C++ code.

Thank you for your fast answer. Is there any documentation or information on how this is done so I could write such a script myself? I tried to understand the sources but sadly I have no idea of c/c++.

I would love to continue using winscp on my windows PC and be able to use the same password source on my native linux terminal since using Putty via wine under linux is a bit silly.

samwan wrote:

Is there any command line program / way / whatever to read this file on my linux PC?

I'm not aware of any such tool. WinSCP uses a proprietary format of the encrypted password. So the tool would have to be built specifically for WinSCP.

I am using WinSCP on my windows box and I am storing all my passwords protected by a masterpassword in my winscp.ini

Is there any command line program / way / whatever to read this file on my linux PC?
Basic functionality should just be to have a way to decrypt the passwords, I can write the rest script by myself but my c/c++ knowledge is just not enough to understand the way the encryption is working.

https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/bullets_password_view.html will do it.

Sorry to revive an old thread. But thought that this will help someone someday.

I wrote a small utility to get the WinSCP password in clear text. It is open source and is available here: https://github.com/anoopengineer/winscppasswd

Option to reveal stored passwords is tracked already:
https://winscp.net/tracker/896

@n10s: No. That's the very point of master password.

Unable to access some sites due to request for master password. When i enter the password that i recall using it doesn't work. Any reset possible?

I need to recover a stored session password which WinSCP has – I have tried some of the tools listed in this thread as well as some found by web searching and they did not work – I am on Windows XP. I tried rekenwonder password revealer – didn't work.
Neither did smartftp.com's tool. reaktiv software (spelling?) offered a download containing a Trojan horse.

Can someone help with this?

Thanks.

IC3 wrote:

Is it possible to recover a password and/or Master password if I've managed to lose both?

Of course not.

Is it possible to recover a password and/or Master password if I've managed to lose both?

Thanks for the recommendation, jsut recovered some stored passwords from WinSCP after moving from XP to Vista.

I found that Password Revealer (<invalid hyperlink removed by admin>) or Password Unmask (<invalid hyperlink removed by admin>) or similar programs will reveal the password behind the asterisks.

See https://winscp.net/eng/docs/faq_password

Hello,
I have forgotten a password for a server but I can still connect with WinSCP, which has the password saved. The documentation says:

Saved passwords are stored in a manner that they can easily be recovered.

(https://winscp.net/eng/docs/security)

How do I do this? I have looked everywhere with no success.

Thank you very much for your help.

- Kit