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1Password on Linux

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Re: 1Password on Linux

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Post by an6n »

lucaspiller wrote: post #24

I'm using pass on OS X and Linux (synced via Dropbox). It's an open source terminal based password manager and uses GPG under the hood. I don't have a mobile client, but the amount of times I've needed a password on mobile when I don't have my laptop around are far and few between. The documentation was a bit lacking when I started, so I wrote an article with instructions: http://www.stackednotion.com/blog/2012/09/10…

I use the same and store the gpg private key in a yubikey neo.

The neat thing with yubikey neo is that I can use it with android phone using openkeychain and nfc. This pairs neatly with an app named password store that syncs my pass-database using git + ssh leaving my private key secure.

Re: 1Password on Linux

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Post by binaryanomaly »

raquo wrote: post #27
TheRealDunkirk wrote: post #11

Lastpass ( http://lastpass.com/ ) has been my holy grail of vital cross-platform apps for many years now, as I've switched from Linux to Mac and back and forth and always with the Windows. Sure, it's a browser plugin, but it works just as well with Chrome and Safari (and probably Firefox and, , IE). Their touch-unlockable iOS app is just icing on the cake. I'm not getting a dime for this endorsement. It's just been a…

I found LastPass terrible from a UX perspective. Sure it must claim a lot of checkboxes on a feature sheet, but the applications/plugins/website are buggy and inconsistent with each other. It only works well when you use it for the narrow purpose of automatic website logins. Throw any other password at it, or dare to try a different workflow, and the whole thing just crumbles. I only use it because I have to at work.…

That is also my experience. LastPass is pretty good if you use it with website logins, with everything else not.

However I think that is something that could easily be improved once the guys over at LastPass realize they must invest more in the UX. I for myself did already open a support ticket for that. If everybody would do this, this might raise the attention.

On the other side it's not so bad from a functional only perspective and the pricing is fair - I'll give it a chance and stay another few months with them.

Re: 1Password on Linux

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Post by jspdown »

Something I like with 1Password is the UX, browsers plugins works really good and with the same UI as the application. After a try, It's painful to migrate from 1Password to lastpass...

Re: 1Password on Linux

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Post by larzang »

hobarrera wrote: post #23
piplgobde wrote: post #13

I use keepassx ( https://www.keepassx.org/ ). Works well and I am able to sync it with ownCloud I have on a VPS. Also, I only use my machines to log on to services, can't bring myself to trust anyone else's machine. For android use, I have Keepass2Droid ( https://keepass2android.codeplex.com/ )

The issue with keepassx is sync conflicts. If you modify a password on machine A and a different on on machine B, resolving the conflict requires manually exporting both to XML, manual merging, etc. It's a real pain.

Keepass 2.x handles merges for you just fine. The mono version of Keepass 2.x is ugly and a little clunky compared to KeepassX or the windows version of 2.x, but it's good enough.

Re: 1Password on Linux

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Post by StavrosK »

jstanek wrote: post #9
StavrosK wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The problem I have with KeePass is that it doesn't integrate with my browser well. LastPass does marginally better (it has an extension but I'm not loving it). There's a Firefox extension for KeePass called KeeFox, but it needs KeePass to be open and running all the time, which is annoying to me because it needs an extra window.

KeePass works better is you set it up to use Auto-Type, which sends keystrokes to the window manager to type the passwords into the fields.

I do use that, but I like having the fields pre-filled, like Firefox does, so I can just press login.
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