I forgot the SSH password to this server. Luckily, I’m using the same account for SFTP which is stored in FileZilla. Here’s the steps I went through to retrieve the password.

• STEP 1: Export FileZilla’s configuration.
  Click File -> Export

  

  Save it as sites.xml

• STEP 2: Open sites.xml in an editor

If it looks like below, jump to STEP 4

<Server>
	<Host>server.net</Host>
	<Port>21</Port>
	<Protocol>1</Protocol>
	<Type>0</Type>
	<User>root</User>
	<Pass encoding="base64">WXNjMDY5N3FDZA==</Pass>
	<Logontype>1</Logontype>
	<EncodingType>Auto</EncodingType>
	<BypassProxy>0</BypassProxy>
	<Name>myserver</Name>
	<LocalDir>D:\projects\sodeve\var\www\sodeve\wp-content\themes\custom-v2\</LocalDir>
	<RemoteDir>1 0 3 var 3 www 6 sodeve 10 wp-content 6 themes 10 custom-v2</RemoteDir>
	<SyncBrowsing>1</SyncBrowsing>
	<DirectoryComparison>0</DirectoryComparison>
</Server>

If it looks like below, continue to STEP 3.

<Server>
	<Host>server.net</Host>
	<Port>21</Port>
	<Protocol>1</Protocol>
	<Type>0</Type>
	<User>root</User>
	<Pass encoding="crypt" pubkey="rQU6B7W6yCF6AD6jpWaS71KQ9ygp0hRIdUYwzukKkQ4mnrz">y6HBTe/xhhN2pttv5P5kRH1sSp5vflAv/MB1zXbagmIpmGVxLQ36UzuLEl74b4/TwDYHKlEgZDKnD1o3JLKVemQrFgSxNf5mzpAW7C5Xzl7hgExIS0g+k</Pass>
	<Logontype>1</Logontype>
	<EncodingType>Auto</EncodingType>
	<BypassProxy>0</BypassProxy>
	<Name>myserver</Name>
	<LocalDir>D:\projects\sodeve\var\www\sodeve\wp-content\themes\custom-v2\</LocalDir>
	<RemoteDir>1 0 3 var 3 www 6 sodeve 10 wp-content 6 themes 10 custom-v2</RemoteDir>
	<SyncBrowsing>1</SyncBrowsing>
	<DirectoryComparison>0</DirectoryComparison>
</Server>

• STEP 3: Change Password Settings
  Click Edit -> Settings -> Passwords
  Select Save passwords instead of Save passwords protected by a master password

  

  Click OK, enter the master password. Now return to STEP 1

• STEP 4: Decode the password
  To decode the password, you can either use base64decode.org, or you can use below program

  Just in case someone naughty and messed up the code, below is the code:

  using System;
  using System.Text;
  					
  public class Program
  {
  	public static void Main()
  	{
  		byte[] data = Convert.FromBase64String("WXNjMDY5N3FDZA=="); //Enter the base64 string here
  		string decodedString = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(data);
  		Console.WriteLine(decodedString);
  	}
  }
  

By now, you should be able to retrieve the password. I hope it helps. Cheers!

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