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title: Managing Passwords in a File
slug: singleconnect-reference-guide-3-1-0/managing-passwords-in-a-file
description: Learn how to update user passwords in text files for specific systems with this step-by-step guide. Discover how to create an effective SAPM Configuration using the FILE strategy, where you can easily configure properties such as password changing methods
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createdAt: 2022-07-29T13:36:07.000Z
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For some systems, especially legacy, user passwords are held in text files, and SAPM will need to change the passwords in the file.
To do this:

1. Create a **SAPM Configuration** with the **FILE **strategy (Refer to the section [Adding SAPM Configurations](docId\:d22bpgJZR9adCH5s6iBiT)
2. Show properties for the new **Configuration**.
3. Set the properties listed below, then create a SAPM account.

change.password.with.super.user
super.username
super.password
file.path
file.regex.to.match
file.regex.to.replace