If all of the factors are stored in one program on one device, then in the situation where that device/program is cracked, the attackers have everything. But the true benefits of 2FA come from needing multiple devices to access accounts. That's not to say it's useless, at the very least it's another layer that attackers have to figure out. It's not a "second factor" if it's stored and input using the same device and authentication information as your "first factor" (your username and password). Personally I don't really like this feature and urge people to avoid it for "high security accounts". And the most puzzling of all is I still get the perm denied error in screenshot 2.>Many password managers (at least KeePassXC/KeePass with plugin) can store and create TOTPs. Just for good measure, both accounts individually too. Google Sync was reporting a failure to sync too, so I decided to override ownership.īoth my user profiles are Administrators, so I added the Administrator group to have full access to the database file. I thought maybe some other program is locking it from being edited (although I would assume read access is still available?). Encrypt my passphrase with my public key, and take its hexdump. Encrypt my keyfile with my public key, and take its hexdump. ![]() The DB is encrypted with a high-entropy (> 120b) passphrase. I tried to manually re-open the database, and I get a perm error (screenshot 2). KeePassXC Secure Backup Here's the plan: Upload the password DB to a private Github repo. Went back to work user, still same issue. I checked to see if the database was open on my play user, and it was, so I closed it. Suddenly today, I switched over to my work user and tried to open my database, and I can't (see screenshot 1 above). Backup is also corrupt which leads me to think the app itself is wonky (this is on. I've been using KeepassXC for about a week, and I'm starting to get used to it. KeePassXC is an application for people with extremely high demands on. I also switch between two different window users for work + play. So I've been using Google's "Backup + Sync from Google", which works fine. into the open source KeePassXC, first back up your account information by exporting it. Totally fine with using other programs to sync. Again, KeepAssXC is a database of passwords stored locally only. 'It is a good practice to create copies of your database file and store the copies of your database on a different computer, smart phone, or cloud storage space such a Google Drive or Microsoft OneDrive. Uncheck all other subdirectories in GDrive. Basic backup principles say it's wise to always backup your data to a totally different location. Use 'Backup + Sync from Google' in order to sync the root directory in GDrive with a local folder on machine. Not sure why this started happening, so these steps may or may not be useful. Still, I think it can be an option, but I can live with it. KeePassXC cannot open database on GDrive Backup folder. I also really loved Google Drive sync for databases, and I understand KeepassXC's reasoning of why it's not natively supported in the program. to keep a backup of the two database files before attempting a merge. In KeepassXC, some shortcut keys are gone, I can live with that. keepassxc-cli is the command line interface for the KeePassXC password manager. Perplexingly, it seems that Windows is not providing permissions for KeepassXC to open the database. In a different profile on the local machine, open up the database with KeepassXC. ![]() Open database with KeepassXC, make some edits.(I only have my database file in root directory, everything else is in folders) Client ID/Secret from your google account. From there you need to follow a few steps to get it working. All you need is to install the 'google sync plugin' for keepass. Uncheck all other subdirectories in GDrive. Not sure if KeePassXC has this but i know KeePass 2 (2.51) has this capability to sync your keepass db file on the cloud, such as Google Drive. Use "Backup + Sync from Google" in order to sync the root directory in GDrive with a local folder on machine. ![]() KeePassXC cannot open database on GDrive Backup folder.
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