[wplug] Any Suggestions For Password Managers?

ssc1478 ssc1478 at aim.com
Fri Sep 5 21:35:42 EDT 2014


I use Lastpass and a yubico key.


On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 7:32 AM, Justin Smith <Justin at adminix.net> wrote:

> I just use KeepassX. When I go to a site where I need to log in, I click
> on the login form, highlight the right entry in KeepassX, press CTRL-V, and
> then it fills in the details for me.
>
> It's probably not as slick as what you were talking about, but it's good
> enough for my purposes.
>
> On September 3, 2014 6:52:36 AM EDT, Lawrence Wolfson <oclarry44 at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> >I am new to linux.  I
> >tried loading a mint last Fall and, even with great help from folks at
> >the
> >meeting at the Wilkins School Community Center, I never got it to work
> >correctly.   This spring, I was able to
> >load Mint 17 (Qiana) with Cinnamon and it works well.  And I still have
> >the excellent responses to my mailinglist questions from last Fall and
> >plan to
> >revisit those now that linux makes more sense to me.
> >
> >However, now I my issue is
> >with getting a password manager forfirefox.   I choose KeePass2 because
> >there are enough variation in login sequences among my sites that I
> >thought to
> >use the URL-overrides.  Since KeeFormFF doesn’t work on linux, I have
> >gone
> >thru a couple of alternatives but am now stuck.
> >
> >I tried URL-overrides using
> >scripts in python/webbrowser and then in shell script/xdotools.   I can
> >see that, although firefox is invoked and displayed, the window does
> >not remain
> >(or never was) active.  KeePass2 remains the active window.  There is
> >some documentation that if firefox is not the active window, it rejects
> >any
> >events directed to it.  I tried capturing the firefox window id and
> >using
> >it in xdotool command chaining but that still did not work.
> >I am also limited because
> >of my limited knowledge of the scripting tools that I mentioned.  The
> >documentation that I have found is not
> >thorough and I have to experiment to find a syntax that works..
> >
> >So I am back to square one. But am I also out in left field
> >somewhere?  What password managers are linux users finding effective.
> >Is it possible to use KeePass2?  If so, how?  Any other suggestions?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Larry Wolfson
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