User Names, Passwords, and Groups: Basic

Username, passwords and groups together with the additional parameters are managed in 4 tabs:

Basic Tab

In this tab the most inportant elements are combined.

Edit/View Entry

The following bits of information are associated with each password entry:

Only the title and password fields are required; all others are optional.

In addition, the following fields may be set in this tab:


The following notes describe the way URLs are handled in more detail: The email address is according to the standard rules (per RFC 2368):

Creating a New User Name and Password Entry

  1. Open the database where you wish to place the new entry
  2. From the Edit menu, select Add Entry
  3. 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. To have Password Safe generate a password, just click on Generate in the Edit/View Entry dialog. If you're unhappy with the result, you can click on Generate again, or edit the password manually.


Note: If you're using a "single sign-on" system that allows you to share the same password across different machines/servers/applications, etc. you can setup Password Safe entries accordingly, so that changing one password affects all other related entries. This is called "aliasing" entries, and is explained in detail here.

Editing Existing Entries

  1. Select the password entry to edit from the list
  2. 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

  1. Select Add Group from the Edit menu
  2. Enter the Group name

Edit a Group Name


Notes: