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KeePassX is an application for people with extremly high demands on secure personal data management. It has a light interface, is cross platform and published under the terms of the GNU General Public License. (KeePassX)

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Keepass kdb support?

Is there a way to open a kdb file on ubuntu 16.04 without having to convert it to kdbx? I want to keep using kdb because that is the only format i can open on a windows computer that i have no admin access to install something else compatible with…
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KeePass2 and KeePassX, which is more secure?

I use KeePass2 on Windows and KeePassX on Linux. I understand the arguments between the two on database compatibility and cross-platform performance. What I'm curious about is whether either one is more or less secure. In the following examples I'm…
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Install keepassX 2 stable on 14.04

I'd like to install current version of keepassX (2.0.2) on my 14.04 desktop. I've found a repo (ppa:eugenesan/ppa), but I don't trust it enough to download a password manager from it. I don't want to use Keepass from software center, because it…
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KeePass and Ubuntu 2020 Setup (with Chrome, Firefox)?

I spent about a day and a half working through all the various and mostly out of date KeePass option for Ubuntu (Kubuntu). I want to share what I've found and ask for other answers regarding the many approaches and defunct options. First I wanted to…
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snap keepassxc error udev_enumerate_scan failed

I had installed keepassxc via snap, it worked fine but suddenly I get this error when I want to start it: udev_enumerate_scan failed thats the only error line, nothing else. I didnt find very much about that on stack or in other internet, just that…
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KeePassX "Unable to open the database. Wrong key or database file is corrupt."

Trying to open a .kdbx database with correct password gives the following error "Unable to open the database. Wrong key or database file is corrupt". However, it does work on OSX. Repairing does not fix the issue. I remember also having few random…
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keepassx + clipman: passwords don't get deleted after x seconds

In KeepassX (v0.4.3 on xubuntu 15.10) preferences you can specify whether the copied passwords should get deleted after a few seconds. However this doesn't work since I use clipman clipboard manager. Does anyone have a solution for this?
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What is the difference between the two versions of KeePassXC in the Ubuntu Software Center?

I'm trying to figure out which KeePass version I should install. Ubuntu Software Center doesn't make the choice any more easier. In the description of KeePassX, it says (emphasis added): In contrast to KeePassXC (package keepassxc), the development…
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How to release Ctrl+Alt+A keyboard shortcut so it can be used for KeePassX?

KeePassX is a password safe application. It manages login data and auto-inserts it the currently active form field when a specific key combination is pressed. My problem: In the KeePassX application, the key combination Ctrl+Alt+A is not accepted.…
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KeePassX fails to install on ubuntu 16.04

I am trying to install KeePassX. I downloaded the source from their website but whenever I try the following sudo cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local -DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=ON -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE= -DWITH_GUI_TESTS=ON I get the following…
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Run KeePassX on ubuntu phone

I ordered a BQ Ubuntu phone in the last flash sale. Once it arrives I'd like to run KeePassX on it. Does anyone with experience with the phone (perhaps on a Nexus 4) know whether KeePassX runs on it? If not, does anyone with KeePassX coding…
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Auto-enter master password in KeePassX on launch

I use KeepassX only for unimportant sites and it's set up to autostart. Entering password every time is quite annoying.
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KeePassX Auto-Type in no longer operational

In KeePassX the auto-type feature was working fine, until few days ago when it stopped. I download a lot of libraries and programs and delete them, so most likely something affected it and when I tried to remove and then reinstall it, it…
Ossama Nasser
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gdb error for keepassx/keepassxc: "Cannot find user-level thread for LWP" "generic error"

I tried to run gdb on keepassxc, but encountered an unfamiliar error: $ gdb /usr/bin/keepassxc GNU gdb (Ubuntu 8.1-0ubuntu3) 8.1.0.20180409-git Copyright (C) 2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later…
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Converting KeePass data base

I can get both KeePassX 2 and KeePassX 0.4 from https://www.keepassx.org/downloads, KeePassX 2 can be found in Ubuntu software center meaning easily installing, but my data base (or the passwords file finishing with .kdb) is created by version 0.4,…
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