How to change password on a wallet created with simplewallet?

Question

I have created a wallet using simplewallet, but I am not satisfied with the password. How do I go about changing the password on the wallet?

(I am running monero.linux.x64.v0-9-4-0)

score 11 · Accepted Answer · edited Sep 28 '16 at 17:59

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As far I know, this is not possible. You have to restore you account with simplewallet --restore-deterministic-wallet and give a new password.

edited Sep 28 '16 at 17:59

q9f

answered Sep 04 '16 at 11:18

Clement J.

i did so but ended up with empty password. Now i have to set a new one. How? – Sep 25 '16 at 20:12
Haven't you been prompted for a password? – Clement J. Sep 26 '16 at 10:44

sgp · Answer 2 · 2017-02-27T19:58:30.790

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This will soon be possible with new changes with the 0.10.2 release. According to the changelog:

added a change_password command to monero-wallet-cli

The command for simplewallet/monero-wallet-cli is not available yet, but the code is partially there. Expect this feature soon.

edited Feb 27 '17 at 19:58

answered Feb 27 '17 at 19:22

sgp

Unfortunately, this was a bit overeager. There is preliminary code for this, but no user command yet. It should be there soon though :) – user36303 Feb 27 '17 at 19:56

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 27 '17 at 22:02

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Short of restoring your wallet from seed or keys, this is not possible yet. This is planned soon, however.

answered Feb 27 '17 at 22:02

user36303

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