# Suggestion - Hash those pw's

**URL:** <https://qa.fmod.com/t/suggestion-hash-those-pws/17058>\
**Category:** FMOD Studio\
**Created:** [April 15, 2021, 1:38am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/suggestion-hash-those-pws/17058 "2021-04-15T01:38:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![KurtHarlandLarson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/848f3c/32.png) [@KurtHarlandLarson](https://qa.fmod.com/u/KurtHarlandLarson)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2021, 1:38am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/suggestion-hash-those-pws/17058/1 "2021-04-15T01:38:25Z")

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I know storing the password in the user-preferences is optional, but I imagine many people will do it even when they don’t need to. I did, at first, and my IT team were not happy about it when we discovered the password was unencrypted.

I strongly suggest hashing the ‘p4password’ value in this file: Workspace.user.xml

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**Author:** ![joseph](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/qa.fmod.com/joseph/32/264_2.png) [@joseph](https://qa.fmod.com/u/joseph)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2021, 2:26am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/suggestion-hash-those-pws/17058/2 "2021-04-16T02:26:48Z")

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That does sound like a good idea. I’ve added it to our feature/improvement tracker.

In the mean time, I should mention that if you have an open Perforce/Helix connection to your repository, FMOD Studio will automatically attempt to use that connection, so it’s not actually necessary to put your password into FMOD Studio to use our integration.

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**Author:** ![KurtHarlandLarson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/848f3c/32.png) [@KurtHarlandLarson](https://qa.fmod.com/u/KurtHarlandLarson)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2021, 2:22am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/suggestion-hash-those-pws/17058/3 "2021-04-24T02:22:46Z")

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Yeah, I figured that out eventually. 🙂