[QUESTION] Referencing parts of an existing password

Version 1.10

One of my web hosters requires additional authentication in certain situations when communicating by e-mail, especially for chargeable orders, if the request is not made via the contact form in the login area. To do this, it uses the last 4 digits of a password from one of its login areas, which it saves separately. If the login password changes, the password for authorization changes accordingly.

To access the last 4 digits of the login password, the entire password can be copied and only the last digits used, which is user-unfriendly, or the 4 digits of the password can be saved separately again, which entails the risk of inconsistencies because 2 entries then have to be kept up to date manually.

Currently, this scenario cannot be mapped using references and placeholders, if I understand correctly, right?

Compare

• https://keepass.info/help/base/fieldrefs.html
• https://keepass.info/help/base/placeholders.html

Thanks

Start with the linked KeePass field references and placeholders documentation, then investigate how keepass2android handles those features. Done means determining whether a reference can expose only the final four characters of an existing password without duplicating it, and documenting the supported behavior or scope for adding it.