Re: How to access Skype password in Keychain ?
Have you tried launching Skype and then selecting Forgot your/my password? On 28/12/2010, at 3:38 PM, Steven Knowles wrote: I've forgotten a Skype password which is stored in Keychain Access as an 'application password'. When I go into Keychain Access, and select 'Show password', nothing happens, the password is not shown. Is there a way I can access the password? Cheers, Steven -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: How to access Skype password in Keychain ?
Thanks for the suggestion Robert, however the problem with going down Skype's 'forgot password' route is it send the new password details to the 'registered' email address, which is an old email address, no longer accessible, for this particular Skype account. I can't change the registered email address without knowing the existing password. Obviously the Skype application on the Mac knows the password because it logs in whenever Skype launches. Presumably the password is embedded in Keychain Access, but I don't know if there is a way to see application passwords in Keychain Access - surely an administrator of a Mac can do this somehow? On 28/12/2010, at 7:57 PM, Robert Miller-Eves wrote: Have you tried launching Skype and then selecting Forgot your/my password? On 28/12/2010, at 3:38 PM, Steven Knowles wrote: I've forgotten a Skype password which is stored in Keychain Access as an 'application password'. When I go into Keychain Access, and select 'Show password', nothing happens, the password is not shown. Is there a way I can access the password? Cheers, Steven -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: How to access Skype password in Keychain ?
Hi Steven, https://support.skype.com/en/faq/FA109/I-ve-forgotten-my-password;jsessionid=276BBA139DD258F1FBBB4E5B872465E6?frompage=category I don’t remember the email address I used when I created my Skype account and I have never paid for any Skype feature Unfortunately, if you cannot remember your registered email address or password, you’ll need to create anew Skype account. I don’t remember the email address I used when I created my Skype account and I have paid for at least one Skype feature in the past. If you have paid for at least one Skype feature, we can help you to reset your password even if you have forgotten your password and registered email address. Go to the Forgotten your password page. Click Forgotten your email address? Enter your Skype name and click Submit. Enter your first name, last name, country, and either a recent order number or the requested credit card details (we will never ask you for your full credit card number). If you are unable to provide these details, then please contact Skype Customer Service. You will be asked to provide further information to help us verify your identity. Once we have verified your identity we can change your registered email address and you will then be able to reset your password. If you are unable to provide this information then you will be asked to create a new Skype account. Click Submit. You will only be allowed a limited number of attempts at entering this information correctly. If this information is verified you will then be asked to enter your new password and registered email address. Click Submit. We will send an email to you confirming the changes. I don’t remember the email address I used when I created my Skype account and I am using a Skype business account Contact the Skype Manager administrator in your company. They will be able to reset your password for you. Sent from Ronni's iPad On 28/12/2010, at 6:24 PM, Steven Knowles emai...@knowles.net.au wrote: Thanks for the suggestion Robert, however the problem with going down Skype's 'forgot password' route is it send the new password details to the 'registered' email address, which is an old email address, no longer accessible, for this particular Skype account. I can't change the registered email address without knowing the existing password. Obviously the Skype application on the Mac knows the password because it logs in whenever Skype launches. Presumably the password is embedded in Keychain Access, but I don't know if there is a way to see application passwords in Keychain Access - surely an administrator of a Mac can do this somehow? On 28/12/2010, at 7:57 PM, Robert Miller-Eves wrote: Have you tried launching Skype and then selecting Forgot your/my password? On 28/12/2010, at 3:38 PM, Steven Knowles wrote: I've forgotten a Skype password which is stored in Keychain Access as an 'application password'. When I go into Keychain Access, and select 'Show password', nothing happens, the password is not shown. Is there a way I can access the password? Cheers, Steven -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: How to access Skype password in Keychain ?
Thanks Ronni. Unfortunately the Skype account in question falls into the first category, ie. never paid for any Skype feature. I have contacted Skype, but no joy, Skype quoting 'privacy reasons'. My argument was that if a user could change the Skype profile email address to a current email address it must mean that the person changing the profile email address has the Skype password, hence emailing the reset password details to the profile email address shouldn't be a problem, a point which Skype acknowledged but it couldn't help due to 'privacy reasons'. Basically a scripted answer which doesn't hold water. Based on the limited articles I've found on the web, it seems that Keychain Access doesn't actually store the password itself, it stores some kind of code which verifies the user to Skype, and then allows the log in to proceed. Something like that anyway. For any other Skype users out there, consider manually typing your Skype password into the 'Comments' section of the account in Keychain Access. Cheers, Steven On 29/12/2010, at 12:05 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Steven, https://support.skype.com/en/faq/FA109/I-ve-forgotten-my-password;jsessionid=276BBA139DD258F1FBBB4E5B872465E6?frompage=category I don’t remember the email address I used when I created my Skype account and I have never paid for any Skype feature Unfortunately, if you cannot remember your registered email address or password, you’ll need to create anew Skype account. I don’t remember the email address I used when I created my Skype account and I have paid for at least one Skype feature in the past. If you have paid for at least one Skype feature, we can help you to reset your password even if you have forgotten your password and registered email address. Go to the Forgotten your password page. Click Forgotten your email address? Enter your Skype name and click Submit. Enter your first name, last name, country, and either a recent order number or the requested credit card details (we will never ask you for your full credit card number). If you are unable to provide these details, then please contact Skype Customer Service. You will be asked to provide further information to help us verify your identity. Once we have verified your identity we can change your registered email address and you will then be able to reset your password. If you are unable to provide this information then you will be asked to create a new Skype account. Click Submit. You will only be allowed a limited number of attempts at entering this information correctly. If this information is verified you will then be asked to enter your new password and registered email address. Click Submit. We will send an email to you confirming the changes. I don’t remember the email address I used when I created my Skype account and I am using a Skype business account Contact the Skype Manager administrator in your company. They will be able to reset your password for you. Sent from Ronni's iPad On 28/12/2010, at 6:24 PM, Steven Knowles emai...@knowles.net.au wrote: Thanks for the suggestion Robert, however the problem with going down Skype's 'forgot password' route is it send the new password details to the 'registered' email address, which is an old email address, no longer accessible, for this particular Skype account. I can't change the registered email address without knowing the existing password. Obviously the Skype application on the Mac knows the password because it logs in whenever Skype launches. Presumably the password is embedded in Keychain Access, but I don't know if there is a way to see application passwords in Keychain Access - surely an administrator of a Mac can do this somehow? On 28/12/2010, at 7:57 PM, Robert Miller-Eves wrote: Have you tried launching Skype and then selecting Forgot your/my password? On 28/12/2010, at 3:38 PM, Steven Knowles wrote: I've forgotten a Skype password which is stored in Keychain Access as an 'application password'. When I go into Keychain Access, and select 'Show password', nothing happens, the password is not shown. Is there a way I can access the password? Cheers, Steven -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: How to access Skype password in Keychain ?
Hi Steven, Skype does not store password directly. Instead it stores the encrypted hash of the password! The Skype server has a private key, and distributes that key's public counterpart with every copy of the software. As part of user registration, the user selects a desired username and password. Skype locally generates public and private keys. The private key and a hash of the password are stored as securely as possible on the user's computer (in Keychain). Then a 256-bit AES-encrypted session is established with the Skype server. The client creates a session key using its random number generator. The Skype server verifies that the selected username is unique and that follows Skype's naming rules. The server stores the username and a hash of the hash of the user's password [H(H(P))] in its database. The server now forms and signs an identity certificate for the username that binds the username, its verification key and the key identifier Sent from Ronni's iPad On 28/12/2010, at 11:52 PM, Steven Knowles emai...@knowles.net.au wrote: Thanks Ronni. Unfortunately the Skype account in question falls into the first category, ie. never paid for any Skype feature. I have contacted Skype, but no joy, Skype quoting 'privacy reasons'. My argument was that if a user could change the Skype profile email address to a current email address it must mean that the person changing the profile email address has the Skype password, hence emailing the reset password details to the profile email address shouldn't be a problem, a point which Skype acknowledged but it couldn't help due to 'privacy reasons'. Basically a scripted answer which doesn't hold water. Based on the limited articles I've found on the web, it seems that Keychain Access doesn't actually store the password itself, it stores some kind of code which verifies the user to Skype, and then allows the log in to proceed. Something like that anyway. For any other Skype users out there, consider manually typing your Skype password into the 'Comments' section of the account in Keychain Access. Cheers, Steven On 29/12/2010, at 12:05 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Steven, https://support.skype.com/en/faq/FA109/I-ve-forgotten-my-password;jsessionid=276BBA139DD258F1FBBB4E5B872465E6?frompage=category I don’t remember the email address I used when I created my Skype account and I have never paid for any Skype feature Unfortunately, if you cannot remember your registered email address or password, you’ll need to create anew Skype account. I don’t remember the email address I used when I created my Skype account and I have paid for at least one Skype feature in the past. If you have paid for at least one Skype feature, we can help you to reset your password even if you have forgotten your password and registered email address. Go to the Forgotten your password page. Click Forgotten your email address? Enter your Skype name and click Submit. Enter your first name, last name, country, and either a recent order number or the requested credit card details (we will never ask you for your full credit card number). If you are unable to provide these details, then please contact Skype Customer Service. You will be asked to provide further information to help us verify your identity. Once we have verified your identity we can change your registered email address and you will then be able to reset your password. If you are unable to provide this information then you will be asked to create a new Skype account. Click Submit. You will only be allowed a limited number of attempts at entering this information correctly. If this information is verified you will then be asked to enter your new password and registered email address. Click Submit. We will send an email to you confirming the changes. I don’t remember the email address I used when I created my Skype account and I am using a Skype business account Contact the Skype Manager administrator in your company. They will be able to reset your password for you. Sent from Ronni's iPad On 28/12/2010, at 6:24 PM, Steven Knowles emai...@knowles.net.au wrote: Thanks for the suggestion Robert, however the problem with going down Skype's 'forgot password' route is it send the new password details to the 'registered' email address, which is an old email address, no longer accessible, for this particular Skype account. I can't change the registered email address without knowing the existing password. Obviously the Skype application on the Mac knows the password because it logs in whenever Skype launches. Presumably the password is embedded in Keychain Access, but I don't know if there is a way to see application passwords in Keychain Access - surely an administrator of a Mac can do this somehow? On 28/12/2010, at 7:57 PM, Robert Miller-Eves wrote: Have you tried launching Skype and then selecting
Re: How to access Skype password in Keychain ?
On 28/12/2010, at 3:38 PM, Steven Knowles wrote: I've forgotten a Skype password which is stored in Keychain Access as an 'application password'. When I go into Keychain Access, and select 'Show password', nothing happens, the password is not shown. Is there a way I can access the password? In my Keychain Access, I have two entries for Skype: the application password and a Web form password (for secure.skype.com). While the password for the application entry does not display, the one for the Web form does. Make sure you type Skype into the search filed at the top of the Keychain Access window to see all the Skype entries. Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482Mob 0403 064 948 Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
