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Questions tagged [credentials]

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Your system administrator does not allow the use of saved credentials to log on to the remote computer

At our office, all of our Windows 7 Clients get this error message when we try and RDP to a remote Windows 2008 Server outside of the office: Your system administrator does not allow the user of saved credentials to log on to the remote…
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Is there a Windows command line utility to verify user credentials?

On a Windows platform, is there any command line utility that I can pass a username, password domain name to in order to verify the credentials (or possibly give an error that the account is disabled, doesn't exist or expired)?
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Wget: Is there a way to pass username and password from a file?

Is there a way to pass the username and password from a file instead of the command line via --user and --password? Background: I want to run wget via cron and don't want the username/password show up in process view
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Why won't RDP accept my stored credentials, and makes me manually enter it every time?

Trying to log in to an Amazon EC2 instance (running Windows Server 2012 R2) via RDP. It works, and I can connect, but having saved the credentials that worked, they never seem to be accepted on subsequent logins, always rejecting them and requiring…
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Storing AWS credentials securely on a personal machine

How can I securely store AWS credentials on personal machines? In detail: Everybody in our team requires AWS security credentials for doing administrative tasks (credentials are separated by role). These credentials are usually stored in plaintext…
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How do I reconnect to a UNC share using different credentials

I connected to my NAS using windows explorer, by entering \\DS412 in windows explorer. It prompted me for a username and password. I entered them and then the DS412 showed up under Network in Explorer. Worked fine. The share was listed by NET USE…
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New-PSSession across domain boundaries

I am trying to bring up a virtual machine that needs to be able to create new sessions (with New-PSSession). The highly engaging about_Remote_Troubleshooting is my constant companion, of course! After bringing up a basic machine (Win 8.1…
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Protecting credentials in Desired State Configuration using certificates

I'm new to DSC and trying to figure out how to make it work for us. What I'm stuck on is how the credentials are actually protected. My current understanding is that it isn't all that great. The big three problems are these. How does using a public…
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Jenkins User Credentials Not Showing In Project

So I have Jenkins-CI running with the plugins: Credentials Credentials Binding Git First what I did in order to authenticate Git with the remote repository, is I added credentials to the server to the Global scope with no domain. However, this…
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Why can a user grant themselves the Log On As A Service right?

This article describes the (relatively laborious) steps you should go through to grant an Active Directory user the Log On As A Service right. However, if I install a service and manually specify my AD account's logon credentials (service…
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Is it possible to enforce a specific Credential Provider per Active Directory user?

I have a credential provider that does not act the way I want it to. It provides secondary authentication, but it's scope is for all interactive Windows logins host-wide, not for a specific user. In addition to the credential provider, a credential…
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Credentials management within CI/CD environment

Setup: I have an application that I currently deploy manually on a server. It requires several credentials (client secrets of external services, tokens, and AES keys and IVs etc.) that I currently have stored in a file encrypted with gpg. Whenever I…
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Where does Credential Manager store credentials on the file system?

I want to clear a users stored credentials on a remote machine. Without having to have the user login and open the Cred manager GUI or run CMDKEY with them logged in. Is there a place on the file system under the user's profile with the stored…
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Storing plaintext passwords for SVN

I'm on Windows, using SVN as a part of SharpSVN library. I need to store my passwords in plain text. I tried putting the following in my servers file: store-passwords = yes store-plaintext-passwords = yes store-auth-creds =…
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SEO Consultant Wants System Credentials

An SEO consultant has asked (demanded) credentials to the web environment so he can do ... Whatever it is that they do. I'm new to the company but an experienced Systems Engineer. I've just now been brought into this situation, but my reaction to…
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