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Did you forget the password to one of your Windows user accounts? Maybe you are an administrator who wants to change the password for another user. It's important to [[Password-Protect-Your-Windows-Computerpassword-protect our computers]] and other devices to keep them safe. You should also change your password every couple of months. Luckily, it's pretty straightforward and easy to change a Windows password using the Command Prompt (CMD) as long as you have administrative privileges. For Mac computers, you can reset the computer's password using the Terminal. This wikiHow teaches you how to change a Windows password using the Command Prompt.
Secure your digital life with online password best practices. Choose a long, easy-to-remember passphrase as your password. You should also avoid using the same password for multiple services or websites.
Even if you're new to text commands on Windows, changing the user password with the net user command is simple. We'll show you how to change a Windows password using the command line with this handy method.
To change another Windows user's password via the command line, you need administrator privileges. See how to check if your Windows account is an admin if you're not sure. If you aren't using an admin account because you've lost your administrator password and can't make any changes, follow our tips for resetting a lost Windows admin password.
Also, keep in mind that this method only works for local accounts in Windows 10 and 11. It won't work if you use a Microsoft account to sign in to Windows; you'll need to change the password using Microsoft's web account management page instead. See our guide to securing your Microsoft account for help with this and other security measures.
If you see an Access denied message when you try this, make sure that you started the Command Prompt (or other command line window) as an Administrator. Standard users can't change the password for other accounts. If you see an error that the username wasn't found, make sure you typed it correctly.
You might want to prevent people around you from seeing the new password that you type when using net user. Thus, for more privacy, you can use a slightly different command to prevent the new password from appearing in plain text onscreen.
Now you know how to use the net user command to change passwords in Windows. It's a quick way to change passwords without sorting through menus, plus you can change multiple passwords in quick succession without your hands leaving the keyboard.
What I did was editing .bash_history and deleting the offending line (had to relogin once to see the password appear in the file so I could delete it, and relogin again to see it disappear from the history available under UPARROW key).
Since bash (at least all historic and current versions I'm aware of) does not automatically save history until you exit, a generally applicable strategy when you have typed a command that you want to ensure never gets saved is to immediately type:
Most other approaches involve scrubbing after the fact (i.e. after the data has already hit the disk), which has a lot more chance for error (missing a copy), especially if the system might be using btrfs or similar.
My favorite trick for this is to hit the up arrow, backspace over the command, type something (might not be necessary), hit the down arrow, type "ls", and hit enter. Feels really hokey, but it actually works. Found this out when I got annoyed after editing the wrong command in my history and then ruining it by not hitting ctrl-c to abort the edit. I guess bash supports revisionist history. ;-)
Additional to the other answers, it may be relevant that the password is also found in the terminal scroll buffer - the history of displayed text - now, and, more of a problem, possibly on the hard disk, if the terminal emulator did save the history to the disk.This happens in KDE konsole it the history size is set to "unlimited scrollback", to never discard any output.
Personal access tokens are intended to access GitHub resources on behalf of yourself. To access resources on behalf of an organization, or for long-lived integrations, you should use a GitHub App. For more information, see "About creating GitHub Apps."
GitHub currently supports two types of personal access tokens: fine-grained personal access tokens and personal access tokens (classic). GitHub recommends that you use fine-grained personal access tokens instead of personal access tokens (classic) whenever possible.
Organization owners can set a policy to restrict the access of personal access tokens (classic) to their organization. For more information, see "Setting a personal access token policy for your organization."
If you choose to use a personal access token (classic), keep in mind that it will grant access to all repositories within the organizations that you have access to, as well as all personal repositories in your personal account.
As a security precaution, GitHub automatically removes personal access tokens that haven't been used in a year. To provide additional security, we highly recommend adding an expiration to your personal access tokens.
Personal access tokens are like passwords, and they share the same inherent security risks. Before creating a new personal access token, consider if there is a more secure method of authentication available to you:
When using a personal access token in a script, you can store your token as a secret and run your script through GitHub Actions. For more information, see "Using secrets in GitHub Actions." You can also store your token as a Codespaces secret and run your script in Codespaces. For more information, see "Managing your account-specific secrets for GitHub Codespaces."
Under Resource owner, select a resource owner. The token will only be able to access resources owned by the selected resource owner. Organizations that you are a member of will not appear unless the organization opted in to fine-grained personal access tokens. For more information, see "Setting a personal access token policy for your organization."
Under Repository access, select which repositories you want the token to access. You should choose the minimal repository access that meets your needs. Tokens always include read-only access to all public repositories on GitHub.
Under Permissions, select which permissions to grant the token. Depending on which resource owner and which repository access you specified, there are repository, organization, and account permissions. You should choose the minimal permissions necessary for your needs.
The REST API reference document for each endpoint states whether the endpoint works with fine-grained personal access tokens and states what permissions are required in order for the token to use the endpoint. Some endpoints may require multiple permissions, and some endpoints may require one of multiple permissions. For an overview of which REST API endpoints a fine-grained personal access token can access with each permission, see "Permissions required for fine-grained personal access tokens."
If you selected an organization as the resource owner and the organization requires approval for fine-grained personal access tokens, then your token will be marked as pending until it is reviewed by an organization administrator. Your token will only be able to read public resources until it is approved. If you are an owner of the organization, your request is automatically approved. For more information, see "Reviewing and revoking personal access tokens in your organization."
Note: Organization owners can restrict the access of personal access token (classic) to their organization. If you try to use a personal access token (classic) to access resources in an organization that has disabled personal access token (classic) access, your request will fail with a 403 response. Instead, you must use a GitHub App, OAuth app, or fine-grained personal access token.
Note: Your personal access token (classic) can access every repository that you can access. GitHub recommends that you use fine-grained personal access tokens instead, which you can restrict to specific repositories. Fine-grained personal access tokens also enable you to specify fine-grained permissions instead of broad scopes.
Select the scopes you'd like to grant this token. To use your token to access repositories from the command line, select repo. A token with no assigned scopes can only access public information. For more information, see "Scopes for OAuth apps."
To use your token to access resources owned by an organization that uses SAML single sign-on, authorize the token. For more information, see "Authorizing a personal access token for use with SAML single sign-on" in the GitHub Enterprise Cloud documentation.
For example, to clone a repository on the command line you would enter the following git clone command. You would then be prompted to enter your username and password. When prompted for your password, enter your personal access token instead of a password.
Instead of manually entering your personal access token for every HTTPS Git operation, you can cache your personal access token with a Git client. Git will temporarily store your credentials in memory until an expiry interval has passed. You can also store the token in a plain text file that Git can read before every request. For more information, see "Caching your GitHub credentials in Git."
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