| Credential Manager is a new SSO solution that Microsoft offers in Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP to provide a secured store for credential information. It allows you to input user name and passwords for various network resources and applications once, and then have the system automatically supply that information for subsequent visits to those resources without your intervention. One example is the command:
net use * \\computer_name\share_name /user:user_name password /savecred Credential Manager stores user's credentials in the following files: - Enterprise Credential Set:
\Documents and Settings\%Username%\Application Data\Microsoft\Credentials\%UserSID%\Credentials - Local Credential Set:
\Documents and Settings\%Username%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Credentials\%UserSID%\Credentials On WindowsXP, the application 'Stored User Names and Passwords', that can be found under Start-> Settings-> Control Panel-> User Accounts-> %Account% -> Manage my network passwords, allows you to manage this kind of credentials. This program dumps passwords from user's credential files and shows them in they're cleartext form. |
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