How can I get my browser to remember a password it doesn't offer to remember?

Depending on HOW they ask for the password some browsers dont recognize the request. However it is also possible that this website has a little bit of code in it to tell the browser to NOT remember the password. Banks often do this and I gather it is pretty trivial to turn off "remember passwords" on a web page.

I use a little javascript that will (sometimes) bypass this:

  • Create a bookmark of ANY page (it doesnt matter which page as we will be replacing the URL and name)
  • Go into Show All Bookmarks and select the bookmark you just made.
  • In the Address field (where the URL is) click and remove ALL of the url and replace it with this:

    javascript:(function(){var%20ca,cea,cs,df,dfe,i,j,x,y;function%20n(i,what){return%20i+%22%20%22+what+((i==1)?%22%22:%22s%22)}ca=cea=cs=0;df=document.forms;for(i=0;i%3Cdf.length;++i){x=df[i];dfe=x.elements;if(x.onsubmit){x.onsubmit=%22%22;++cs;}if(x.attributes[%22autocomplete%22]){x.attributes[%22autocomplete%22].value=%22on%22;++ca;}for(j=0;j%3Cdfe.length;++j){y=dfe[j];if(y.attributes[%22autocomplete%22]){y.attributes[%22autocomplete%22].value=%22on%22;++cea;}}}alert(%22Removed%20autocomplete=off%20from%20%22+n(ca,%22form%22)+%22%20and%20from%20%22+n(cea,%22form%20element%22)+%22,%20and%20removed%20onsubmit%20from%20%22+n(cs,%22form%22)+%22.%20After%20you%20type%20your%20password%20and%20submit%20the%20form,%20the%20browser%20will%20offer%20to%20remember%20your%20password.%22)})();
    
  • Now edit the NAME of the password and change it to something like "Remember Password."

I put this bookmark in the bookmark bar, so you can drag it there if you like.

Now when yo go to a page that won't remember your password, click that bookmark and then enter your username and password. If Safari then asks if you want to remember the password: SUCCESS!

If not then I don't have a solution for you. However I use 1Password to fill in most password, but that ain't free...


Actually the image you are looking at is not from any browser like Safari or Chrome.

It is generated by the Router you are tying to connect to.

That is why the browsers wont help you if you try to use saved passwords.

However, once connected and on the Internet, if you loose that connection for some reason then the browser will help you reconnecting and automatically supply the saved password. So save it in Browser and on you key cahin.

You question is how to automatically provide a login to the Routers pop up login window.

There is a problem.

Since that pop up is not associated with any programs on you computer they can not do the auto-fill.

But there is a very simple solution.

Do as usual, when connecting.

Now the surprise: IGNORE the pop up window!!

Yes you can close that popup window.

Go to your browser where you have saved the login and call that website from your bookmarks.

In your case it should have this

https://1.1.1.1/fs/customwebauth/login

Surprise, now the browser will login and fill out the password for you.