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In Liu of storing passwords inside FFS: Use open source utility app Rclone to mount your cloud drives. LeoW, 08 Sep 2023, 02:58

Thanks a lot.
That's one more app to use but it seems to be an interesting one, that may solve multiple tasks at once. I'll give it a try !

Just to be sure, have you tried your solution ?
Is it just me ?
Does anyone has another one ?

Yes it's "Gestionnaire d'identification" in french. I added my local IP, in two ways: sftp://IP.IP.IP.IP/ and IP.IP.IP.IP/ both with my login (user@mail.fr) and password It seems to have no effect ! And for "Password", "Key file" and "Pageant" (?) authentication.

Hi ! Thanks for your answer, yes I'm on Windows 10. I don't have any credential manager on my computers, and I'd rather not install a new application for that (I don't really like the idea yet). And more importantly, if I remove the password, it is not prompted, the synchronization just fails ...

Hi I'm using FreeFileSync a lot as a donation user, to synchronize my different computers. But I have a major problem with sftp connections : the password is recorded in the freefilesync configuration file. It's a major safety issue for me since connecting my computer is done from my mail account ...