Comments on: KeePass – Never Remember a Password Again

By: Basic web security: avoiding common exploits, using good folder structure, avoiding XSS | TipsFor.us

Mon, 10 May 2010 18:02:19 +0000

[...] your passwords in a safe place, e.g. in a password manager like KeePass or in an encrypted disc [...]

By: Brian - TipsFor.us

Brian - TipsFor.us — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 21:10:49 +0000

Elton – Nope. At least, I hope not. It would negate the entire purpose of KeePass’ security if there existed a convenient way to get around the main password.

I know that’s not the news you wanted to hear, but I’m afraid the only way to open the vault is to track down your predecessor and beat it out of him.

Good luck!

By: Elton

Elton — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 20:46:28 +0000

IS there a way to get around the main password. My Predecessor created a vault with all our system password, however he was fired and now he is not available to give me the default vault password and as such cannot retreive my system password. Is there anyway to get around this?

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Four Easy Ways to Keep Your Passwords Syncronized | TipsFor.us — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 13:00:28 +0000

[...] If you’re like me, you have a ton of different passwords to try to remember, and you definitely do not want to recycle the same username/password combo over and over. To this effect, perhaps you use a free password manager such as KeePass. [...]

By: Everett - TipsFor.us

Everett - TipsFor.us — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:39:20 +0000

Brilliant, Brian. That shows you how much time I spend futzing around with an app. I found a similar program for Mac: http://agilewebsolutions.com/products/1Password

By: Brian - TipsFor.us

Brian - TipsFor.us — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 01:46:21 +0000

Everett – take a look under the View menu. There are options to hide usernames and/or hide passwords in the manager. Here’s a screenshot from my machine:

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That’s on the Windows version, but I assume KeePassx also has that feature. I’m not in front of my Mac to check at the moment.

By: Everett

Everett — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 23:25:56 +0000

Nice app, Brian. The only thing I don’t like is how it hides the password from me (I’m such a luddite). I know I can use this to store info about a particular web page login, and that’s fine, but when I start using it for my passwords for SSH connections to various servers or database passwords I access on the command line, this obfuscation is a hinderance… understandable, but still annoying. The quick work-around is to write the password in the “comments” field.

My do-it-yourself version of this app was to create an encrypted disk image in OS X, then stash a handful of text documents in that image. Low-brow, but it worked.