1. Welcome
2. About Password Safe
3. Password Safe and YubiKey
4. Getting Started
5. Using Password Safe
   1. A Word about Master Passwords
   2. User Names, Passwords, and Groups
   3. Setting a Password Policy
   4. Keeping Password History
   5. Changing Master Passwords
   6. Using Auto Type
   7. Backing Up and Restoring Databases
   8. Automatic Intermediate Backups
   9. Automatic Failsafe Backups
   10. Importing Entries
   11. Exporting Entries
   12. Filtering Entries
   13. Command Line Arguments
6. Password Safe Menus
7. Options
8. Appendices
9. Program Credits

## A Word About Master Passwords

One of the most important keys to maintaining your security is selecting a strong master password for your Password Safe database. The database ("Safe") contains all your user names, passwords, and any additional information you may have added. Picking a spouse's name, a birthday, or some other easily guessable combination leaves your data vulnerable. It is important that you pick a hard-to-guess master password that you can easily remember.

Password Safe has a built in check for what it considers to be weak master passwords. In general, a master password (like any password) should consist of mixed case characters with at least one number or special character (such as those found above the number keys on a keyboard). If a master password is entered that the program considers weak, it will prompt for confirmation. You may choose the option to accept the originally entered (weak) password, or to enter a new one.

To change your master password, please see Changing Master Passwords.

Note: There is no mechanism within Password Safe to retrieve lost or forgotten safe passwords.

This is a deliberate design decision, since any mechanism for retrieving lost passwords poses a security hole that can be exploited.