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Ask HN: How do you manage your passwords?

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Re: Ask HN: How do you manage your passwords?

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Post by sjmarshy »

daddykotex wrote: post #53
boydjd wrote: post #10

keepass. I don't trust a service to store my passwords. I use a key file and a passphrase to secure my keepass database. The database is stored on dropbox, the keyfile is stored elsewhere.

I use KeyPass and sync it using BitTorrent sync on all my devices. The problem with my current setup is that I carry the keyfile along with the database which useless. I got to think of another way!

I keep my keyfile in another BitTorrent Sync folder, along with all my other dotfiles. At least they're in two different places then!

Re: Ask HN: How do you manage your passwords?

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Post by fj8pPoh1Jq4m »

raimue wrote: post #54

$ vim passwords.gpg I configured vim to a) automatically pipe *.gpg through gpg on open and write, b) to not keep viminfo, swap files or undo history for these files, and c) to close automatically if I leave this file open for longer than 10 seconds without cursor movement. This modeline at the top of the file hides everything besides the first indentation level: # vim:set foldenable foldmethod=indent foldclose=all f…

Would you mind sharing how you got 'b' & 'c' to work?
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