<![CDATA[Password for password]]>Hi
When trying to check a password am asked to enter a password. What password do you use to get that password?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/topic/54977/password-for-passwordRSS for NodeSat, 14 Mar 2026 19:56:31 GMTFri, 01 Apr 2022 16:10:36 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Password for password on Wed, 09 Aug 2023 18:35:11 GMT]]>@leocg Thanks, that explains it...

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/322133https://forums.opera.com/post/322133Wed, 09 Aug 2023 18:35:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Password for password on Wed, 09 Aug 2023 21:40:50 GMT]]>@stevenjcee The OS will inform that the password is incorrect. The prompt you see asking for your OS password is from the OS itself and not from Opera.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/321974https://forums.opera.com/post/321974Wed, 09 Aug 2023 21:40:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Password for password on Tue, 08 Aug 2023 17:26:15 GMT]]>@leocg If it doesn't know my OS password, then how will it know if what I fill in is correct? The whole point is for Opera to verify if I'm me, so this makes even less sense.
And why is that little red, round circle with the black "CBS" eye logo still sitting on this page?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/321971https://forums.opera.com/post/321971Tue, 08 Aug 2023 17:26:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Password for password on Tue, 08 Aug 2023 11:05:47 GMT]]>@stevenjcee You can be logged in to a site even if you never save the password for it, those things are not related. What keep you logged in are cookies and related stuff.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/321910https://forums.opera.com/post/321910Tue, 08 Aug 2023 11:05:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Password for password on Tue, 08 Aug 2023 11:00:00 GMT]]>@stevenjcee It doesn't know your OS password, that's why you are asked to provide it

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/321908https://forums.opera.com/post/321908Tue, 08 Aug 2023 11:00:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Password for password on Tue, 08 Aug 2023 06:20:17 GMT]]>@leocg Well, how does it know my OS password to begin with? I didn't give it to Opera, or another browser, besides maybe Safari. And that still doesn't explain why I can be auto-logged into Opera, yet Opera can't tell me the password it just saw, in order to log me in? Really? Please tell me how that makes any sense at all?
Some sites may require a two-step login, where if there's any question as to whether it was me, they send a code to my phone or email, I put that in, and am on my way. Why it asks for my OS password, is wack, and I'm not going to ever give it to them.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/321858https://forums.opera.com/post/321858Tue, 08 Aug 2023 06:20:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Password for password on Sun, 06 Aug 2023 18:52:19 GMT]]>@stevenjcee That's how Chromium works,it encrypts your saved passwords using your OS login credentials.
So to show them, Opera needs to decrypt the data and, therefore, asks the OS password for that.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/321629https://forums.opera.com/post/321629Sun, 06 Aug 2023 18:52:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Password for password on Sun, 06 Aug 2023 16:27:47 GMT]]>Why do I need to enter my OS password, to see my Opera password, especially when I'm already signed in to Opera???
I just created a new one, which Opera saved, yet it didn't change in my keychain, and even when I go to my account page here, it won't show me my own password, only option is to change it again! I don't want to give Opera my OS password, why does it need that? That only puts all my personal data at risk, just to see my own password, for an account I'm already logged into?
This is ridiculous.... Oh, I somehow got taken to the Windows section, but I guess it's the same principle.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/321621https://forums.opera.com/post/321621Sun, 06 Aug 2023 16:27:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Password for password on Sat, 02 Apr 2022 08:16:41 GMT]]>@jp089 said in Password for password:

do not have one. after being locked of my pc because I failed entering the password right(finger print reader). decided might be best to do without it.

Did the problem start right after that? OS password changes can sometimes cause your passwords to be inaccessible. But, you should no if that's the case and going to the URL opera://settings/passwords wouldn't show any entries that were created before the OS password change.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/278106https://forums.opera.com/post/278106Sat, 02 Apr 2022 08:16:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Password for password on Sat, 02 Apr 2022 08:14:10 GMT]]>If you don't have an OS password set, when asked for your OS password, try just pressing enter.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/278105https://forums.opera.com/post/278105Sat, 02 Apr 2022 08:14:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Password for password on Sat, 02 Apr 2022 01:51:01 GMT]]>@jp089 You may have set up your OS to not require a login, but you have a password that you've created when installing the OS or that was given to you.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/278093https://forums.opera.com/post/278093Sat, 02 Apr 2022 01:51:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Password for password on Sat, 02 Apr 2022 01:39:33 GMT]]>@leocg

do not have one. after being locked of my pc because I failed entering the password right(finger print reader). decided might be best to do without it.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/278092https://forums.opera.com/post/278092Sat, 02 Apr 2022 01:39:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Password for password on Fri, 01 Apr 2022 17:32:57 GMT]]>@jp089 Your OS password, the one you use to login in your computer.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/278043https://forums.opera.com/post/278043Fri, 01 Apr 2022 17:32:57 GMT