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I really liked PWManager. There were obvious things missing – most importantly a command line or NCurses based way to access your password database. Overall though – I always found it to be solid.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately upgrades to my workstation in the last 12 months have rendered it practically useless. (Gentoo<\/a> went to KDE4, unfortunately PWManager was written for the KDE3 libraries)<\/p>\n I’d searched for a while, evaluating a few open-source password managers <\/a>before finally settling on KeePassX<\/a>.<\/p>\n \n KeePassX is based on the QT4 library, has decent search features, and really expands upon what PWManager provided.\u00a0 When I initially migrated to KeePassX, the one thing that bothered me was the missing “systray-like” ability to right-click on the minimalized application icon, manuever quickly to a group, then username – and copy the selected password into the clipboard.<\/p>\n <Dog learning new trick<\/strong>>In the end, the KeePassX search bar really does provide a quick way to accomplish the exact same thing.<\/Dog learning new trick<\/strong>><\/p>\n When you’ve highlighted an entry (after searching for it),\u00a0 CTRL-B copies the username to the clipboard, CTRL-C copies the password to the clipboard. You can also set expiration dates for passwords, associate URLs and comments to each entry, and select unique icons for various passwords.<\/p>\n Another benefit to KeePassX is its ability to import database files from other password managers. It should<\/em><\/strong> be able to import KWallet and PWManager files, although I found that import process didn’t work properly (“Compressed files are not yet supported<\/em>” when trying to import from PWManager) . Thankfully a former co-worker already scripted<\/a> the conversion of an exported PWManager CSV password file to a KeePassX XML file, which can then be imported with very little issue.<\/p>\n KeePassX also runs on OSX, Windows, and Linux. (I used to have issues occasionally where I’d have to reboot my dual-boot machine to grab a simple password from PWManager – but not anymore). The cross-platform support also means that I can now share a password database with my girlfriend (which makes paying online bills much easier)<\/p>\n I’d seriously recommend KeePassX<\/a> to anyone<\/em> saving their passwords in an easy to read text-file. It’s easy to use, pretty, and it gets the job done. Of course, I’m all ears if someone has a better password management system they’d like to recommend<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I’m still amazed at the frequency in which I see someone in the IT field open up a M$ Word document or spreadsheet with all their passwords in it. What’s even more baffling is often times they’ll store this password file on a shared drive – shared with all members of the company or group. … Continue reading Password Manager<\/span> ![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.braindeadprojects.com\/blog\/wp-content\/keeppassx-300x185.png\" "\\"KeePassX\\"")
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