When this option is set to Yes, Virtualmin will store the clear text passwords for domain owners and mailboxes. This allows them to be displayed in the UI, but adds a potential security risk if your system is compromised. Selecting No will cause all new virtual servers created from this template to store only one-way hashed passwords instead.

Since web applications need to store database passwords in plain text, the database password for a user will be set to a new, random password if Virtualmin is set not to store cleartext passwords. You can view this password by going into Edit Databases -< Passwords.