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Unfortunately I can not remember the password of FTP server, but it is saved in FileZilla Site Manager (Ubuntu).

How can I view the saved password?

Answer 1

Export your Site Manager information and you'll find them in plain text:

File > Export > Export Site Manager entries

It exports everything in XML like this:

<Server>
 <Host>ftp.example.com</Host>
 <Port>21</Port>
 <Protocol>0</Protocol>
 <Type>0</Type>
 <User>root</User>
 <Pass>mypass</Pass>
 [etc]
</Server>

Answer 2

All passwords are stored in plain text in this file:

/home/username/.filezilla/recentservers.xml

And for newer versions of filezilla and ubuntu, /home/username/.config/filezilla/recentservers.xml If the passwords are base64 encoded, https://www.base64decode.org/ can be used to get the original password.

Answer 3

Ubuntu Linux FileZilla SiteManager file:

/home/username/.filezilla/sitemanager.xml

Answer 4

If you didn't store your passwords in the Site Manager, but only used 'Quick connect', you can still retrieve them from the history: they are stored in filezilla.xml in the following directory :

Windows XP/2K: “C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\FileZilla”

Windows Vista: “C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\FileZilla\”

Linux: “/home/username/.filezilla/”