User Names and Passwords

Creating a New User Name and Password Entry

Open the database where you wish to place the new entry
From the Edit menu, select Add Entry
Enter information into the Edit/View Entry dialog fields as necessary

Note: If a Group name is selected and then a new entry added, that entry will have that Group name prefilled in the Edit/View Entry dialog. If a name of a new group is added to the Group field, that Group will be created.

Generating and Editing Passwords

If you wish, you can enter your own password into the password field manually, or you can have Password Safe generate a new one based on the current Password Policy.

In the Edit/View Entry dialog click Generate
Click Yes to accept the password or No to reject it

Notes:

To temporarily override the current password policy check Override Policy.
If your password or user name contains a diacritical character ("´", "`", "^", "¨" or "~" for instance) followed by a character that can be modified by it on your keyboard ("a" for instance), the password must be entered as "[~][space] [space][a]" (This applies to non-US keyboards only).

Password History

It is possible to configure Password Safe to save the last few passwords of an entry. This can be done either when the entry is created, or when viewing an existing entry. To view the recent passwords associated with the entry, or to change the number of recent passwords that are kept, click on the "Password History..." button. This will invoke the Password History dialog box. The Edit dialog box indicates if previous passwords are kept for the entry, and if so, how many.

Editing Existing Entries

Select the password entry to edit from the list
Select Edit/View Entry from the Edit menu

Note: By default, passwords are obscured. To see the password associated with the Entry click Show Password.

Add a New Group

Select Add Group from the Edit menu
Enter the Group name

Edit a Group Name

Right-click on the group and select Rename Group from the drop down list