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title: Check Out Account Password
slug: kronpam-reference-guide-3-9-0/check-out-account-password
description: Learn how to check out SAPM account passwords with this step-by-step guide. Discover how to navigate to the SAPM Management section, access the SAPM Accounts tab, and find your desired account. Enable the "Show Password" option and explore information on 
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createdAt: 2022-07-29T09:46:22.000Z
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Users with the necessary rights to see account passwords can check out the password. 

To check out the password:

1. Navigate to** Secrets > Vault.**
2. Open the **Vault** tab.
3. Search the **Account** from the **Advanced Search Box**.
4. Select **Check Out Password** from the **Actions** menu for the desired account.

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- **Enter expiration time and comments.** Kron PAM automatically changes the account's password upon expiration. Existing sessions which were signed into with the old password can continue or be terminated during the password change process. To terminate sessions upon password change, post-command scripts can be utilized. 
- Click the **Show** button.

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- The password is shown in a hidden format in the Password pop-up window. 
- Click the eye icon to see the password, click the** Password** text box to copy the password to the clipboard, or click the **Send Mail **button to send it via email.

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**SSH\_KEY **values can also be shown via the same method, but the key itself will not be masked like regular passwords.

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- Possible values for the Expiration Time combobox are configured with the **sapm.show\.password.expiration.time.values** property from the System Config. Manager. The default value is “5m,30m,2h,24h”. Options are separated with commas, “m” stands for minutes, and “h” stands for hours. 
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  The minimum length of the comment (in characters) that should be entered during password check-out is configured with the **sapm.show\.password.comment.min.length** property from the System Config. Manager.
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  The **Send Mail **button that appears in the** Check Out Password** popup can be removed, by configuring the **sapm.account.password.send.mail.button** parameter as **false** in the System Config. Manager.
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