# Passwords

Starting with sdm V9.0, user account passwords are set using the `user` plugin.

See <a href="Plugins.md#user">the user plugin documentation</a> for full details.

If you forget any of the passwords, you can use sdm to reset a password by using `sdm --explore` into the IMG or SD Card, and then changing the password for the desired account(s) with the `passwd` command.

You can use the `--redact` switch with `--customize` or `--burn`. sdm will replace all occurrences of the matching strings in /etc/sdm/history with the string **REDACTED**. The redaction is a simple string replacement.  Note that if `--redact` is used, the argument list will not be printed in the log or on the console when ANY plugins are run. However, if the `user` plugin argument `redact` is used without `--redact`, argument lists with passwords WILL be printed on the console.

If no printed passwords (in the log or on the console) is important to you, use `--redact`.
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