Category: XCreds

XCreds Local Secrets Cryptography

February 10, 2025

Overview XCreds 5.2 includes a new secrets file for encrypting the local administrator password and username/password information for card login (RFID). The passwords are required …

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Setting Up RFID Card Login for XCreds

February 10, 2025

Requirements Overview XCreds supports using any CCID reader to sign in with RFID cards and tags. When a card is tapped, the reader passes the …

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XCreds Command Line Interface Guide

February 10, 2025

XCreds provides a command line interface that can be used to check XCreds status, securely store local admin credentials to help with user password reset, …

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What’s New in XCreds 5.2

February 10, 2025

Version 5.2 is available to download from XCreds Version History. Command Line Interface XCreds 5.2 adds a command line interface that can be used to …

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Configuring XCreds With Jamf Pro

January 28, 2025

XCreds can be configurated in Jamf Pro with a user interface by importing the preference manifest provided by Twocanoes Software. This makes it easy to …

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Setting Up XCreds with Auth0

January 13, 2025

If you use Auth0 as your identity provider (IdP), XCreds can authenticate using OIDC to your IdP. The instructions below will walk you through setting up an OIDC application in Auth0 and then configuring XCreds to use that configuration.

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Capturing XCreds Logs

December 30, 2024

XCreds logs in 2 different locations: The log located in /tmp/xcreds/xcreds.log shows entries from the login window and the log in the user’s home directory …

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What’s New in XCreds 5.1

October 28, 2024

Build 7264 Popup System Information The popup that shows system information can now be pinned to prevent closing and additional items can now be added …

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Setting up ROPG for Password Verification in XCreds

October 18, 2024

By default, XCreds verifies that a user’s password has not changed by presenting the refresh token obtained at initial login back to the identity provider …

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Mouse Disappearing on XCreds Login Screen

September 20, 2024

This issue was resolved in Version 5.1 Build 7264 We are currently tracking this issue with XCreds. This article outlines the issue. If you are …

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