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A login or logon (also called logging in or on and signing in or on) is the process by which individual access to a computer system is controlled by identification of the user using credentials provided by the user. Please use the [authentication] tag instead.

In computer security, a login or logon (also called logging in or on and signing in or on) is the process by which individual access to a computer system is controlled by identifying and authenticating the user referring to credentials presented by the user.

A user can log in to a system to obtain access and can then log out or log off (perform a logout / logoff) when the access is no longer needed. To log out is to close off one's access to a computer system after having previously logged in.

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How to change users in TortoiseSVN

I was setting up another user to use our SVN repository. He didn't have a username/password, so I logged in with my credentials. We now have a username/password for him. How do I get TortoiseSVN to logout and forget the old password so I can…
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Removing the remembered login and password list in SQL Server Management Studio

I've recently used our company's spare laptop (that has a general user set up) while mine was being repaired. I've checked the "Remember password" option in SQL Server Management Studio when logging in to the database. I need to clear the login and…
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Configuration System Failed to Initialize

I'm new to Visual Studio. I'm currently creating a Login form. I have this code. string connectionString = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["ConnectionString"].ConnectionString; try { using (OdbcConnection connect = new…
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SQL Server 2008 can't login with newly created user

I'm using using Windows Vista and I'm having trouble logging in with a newly created user. I open SQL Server Management Studio. I create a new Login by right-clicking on Security->Logins. Check: SQL Server Authentication Login name:…
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Passport.js - Error: failed to serialize user into session

I got a problem with the Passport.js module and Express.js. This is my code and I just want to use a hardcoded login for the first try. I always get the message: I searched a lot and found some posts in stackoverflow but I didnt get the…
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Checking if a SQL Server login already exists

I need to check if a specific login already exists on the SQL Server, and if it doesn't, then I need to add it. I have found the following code to actually add the login to the database, but I want to wrap this in an IF statement (somehow) to check…
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How can I get browser to prompt to save password?

Hey, I'm working on a web app that has a login dialog that works like this: User clicks "login" Login form HTML is loaded with AJAX and displayed in DIV on page User enters user/pass in fields and clicks submit. It's NOT a
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SHA1 vs md5 vs SHA256: which to use for a PHP login?

I'm making a php login, and I'm trying to decide whether to use SHA1 or Md5, or SHA256 which I read about in another stackoverflow article. Are any of them more secure than others? For SHA1/256, do I still use a salt? Also, is this a secure way to…
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Angular redirect to login page

I come from the Asp.Net MVC world where users trying to access a page they are not authorized are automatically redirected to the login page. I am trying to reproduce this behavior on Angular. I came accross the @CanActivate decorator, but it…
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Should I hash the password before sending it to the server side?

I noticed that most sites send the passwords as plain text over HTTPS to the server. Is there any advantage if instead of that I sent the hash of the password to the server? Would it be more secure?
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Swift add icon/image in UITextField

I would like to add icon/image in UITextField. The icon/image should be left to placeholder. I tried this: var imageView = UIImageView(); var image = UIImage(named: "email.png"); imageView.image = image; emailField.leftView = imageView; Thanks.
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RESTful Login Failure: Return 401 or Custom Response

This is a conceptual question. I have a client (mobile) application which needs to support a login action against a RESTful web service. Because the web service is RESTful, this amounts to the client accepting a username/password from the user,…
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how to log in to mysql and query the database from linux terminal

I am using debian linux. I have a linux machine on which mysql is install. I can log in to my linux machine using root user as well as other user. I can connect to mysql database on linux machine from windows machine using sqlyog. Now I want to…
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EditText underline below text property

I would like to change the blue colour below the edit text, i don't know what property it is. I tried using a different background colour for it but it didn't work. I've attached an image below:
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What method should I use for a login (authentication) request?

I would like to know which http method I should use when doing a login request, and why? Since this request creates an object (a user session) on the server, I think it should be POST, what do you think? But since the login request should be…
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