Passwords in preferences?

Hello,
My passwords don't show up in the preferences, I get user names and addresses but no passwords. FireFox does....Any help appricated

Hi..
Passwords are actually stored in Keychain Access located in /Applications/Utilities.
If you want Safari to save passwords for you to a keychain, from the Safari menu bar click Safari > Preferences then select the Autofill tab.
Make sure User names and passwords is selected.

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