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[JCMagnus]

Hey all, I just got my EEE recently and I love it, got most of the apps I want working, etc. but I'm having problems finding a working Password Manager, something I really need.

I saw there is a java-based one, but I really need a more complete one such as Keepass, etc.

Any suggestions/help? I don't know where else to look. :(

[xni]

Use keepass under wine - check the wiki for how to use wine!

[lagagnon]

Password Manager:

http://passwordmanag...screenshots.php

[mkrishnan]

Have you made that work in Xandros? It seems very difficult to find a site for a .deb at all, and when I tried to install the one I finally found, it did not run.

KeePassX (which has a native Linux version) and Revelation also didn't seem to work properly....

On the other hand, gpass works, although it seems quite basic.

Edited by mkrishnan, 09 December 2007 - 11:57 PM.

[catlike]

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Use keepass under wine - check the wiki for how to use wine!

Yeah. I run the PC application KeePass Portable (from PortableApps.com) using WINE, and it works fine.

After installing wine, I copied the KeePass folder from a USB drive that I had installed it on, into the My Documents folder on my Eee.

To run the program, open the terminal and then type:

wine "z:\home\user\My Documents\KeePassPortable\KeePassPortable.exe"

Now, that's a lot to type, so an alternative is to double click on the KeePassPortable.exe file. Then, when it asks you what application to open the file with, choose wine at usr/lib/wine/wine.bin.

To automate things even further, I created an entry to my Start Menu (Easy Mode) using IceMC, so I can start the program with a simple click. You can simply type the above command (wine "z:.....") into the Exec field for the menu item you've created.

Edited by catlike, 10 December 2007 - 02:04 AM.

[SublimePorte]

I have just installed KeePassX and so far it's working perfectly.

A few things to note:

1) Download the .deb not the binary, as the binary (standalone package) doesn't seem to work.

2) After installing, you'll need to apt-get libpng3 which requires the extra xandros repositries.

3) When you first run keepass, it will probably segfault, you'll need to restart the 3epc and then it should run perfectly. This seems to happen with quite a lot of programs. You might think its not working, but if you restart you find it works fine.

And the final result, keepass running natively on linux without any emulation or other worries.

[JCMagnus]

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2) After installing, you'll need to apt-get libpng3 which requires the extra xandros repositries.

Which extra repositories? I saw the stickied thread but don't really know what to do.

[boardboyd]

Just the xandros stable one. I have KeePassX running on my EEE natively as well, wasn't hard after i figured out that libpng3 was needed by trying to runn keepass in the terminal.

[sgosnell]

I installed the .deb file for KeePassX and the libpng3 package, and I got a dialog saying it was installed successfully, but it doesn't show up as an application, and I can't find an executable file anywhere in the file system. Anyone have any insight on this?

[SublimePorte]

the executable is called keepass not keepassx.
If you're using the default xandros simple gui. You can use this utility to add an icon into one of your tabs.

[sgosnell]

I'm using advanced desktop. I searched on keepass*.* and got no results that included any executables. I can easily find them for other installed apps, but this one has me baffled.

[SublimePorte]

Well this is the location on my system:

/home/user> whereis keepass
keepass: /usr/local/bin/keepass

[mkrishnan]

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I'm using advanced desktop. I searched on keepass*.* and got no results that included any executables. I can easily find them for other installed apps, but this one has me baffled.

Unix executables do not typically have file extensions -- so you can't use the *.* searching for them.

[sgosnell]

That should work, as well as keepas*. Both returned some logs, libs, and other miscellaneous files, but nothing that I could find that allowed running the program. Nothing in a bin directory. I'll keep trying for awhile, but I'm losing interest in this app. I really need something that will let me import the dozens of passwords I already have without re-entering them all by hand. I've used Passwords Plus for several years, and I really like it, but I don't want to have to run it under wine every time I need to enter or retrieve a password. I don't think what I need exists, at least not yet.

[sgosnell]

The third install did put keepass in /usr/local/bin. I've tried running it from a console in that directory, from /home/user, from the file manager, and from a shortcut. All I can get is a seg fault, no matter how many times I try to run it. I've closed the console, reopened it, and still get a seg fault. I've seen other posts which indicate that getting a seg fault the first run is normal (!), but it just continues on my system. I've just about given up on it, still looking for a good, solid password manager which can import my files.

[GlenWi]

MyPasswordSafe works fine for me.
it's from semanticgap.com.

[SublimePorte]

sgosnell,

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That should work, as well as keepas*. Both returned some logs, libs, and other miscellaneous files

If the . is part of your searchstring, that's why you can't find it because it has no . in it's name. Anyway did you look in /usr/local/bin (which is where mine is located)? Or did you try typing "whereis keepass" from a command prompt?

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I've seen other posts which indicate that getting a seg fault the first run is normal (!), but it just continues on my system.

As mentioned in my post, you MUST RESTART to get rid of the segfault problem. Please read carefully.

[sgosnell]

I finally got KeePass working, but it wasn't really worth the effort. A far better choice, IMO, is JPilot. I installed it to sync with my Palm, and discovered that it's a complete PIM suite, which includes a plugin for Keyring. I used Keyring for a long time on my Palm, only going to Passwords Plus because I got it for free, and Keyring had no desktop component. JPilot provides the desktop for it, including full sync with the Palm. KeePass is going bye-bye. YMMV.

[abbydog3]

I need some extra help in locating the libpng3 library. Is it as simple as adding the correct repo and searching on libpng3?

[sgosnell]

That, or else searching in Google, then downloading the file and installing it.