Keepass migration [SOLVED]

aking9 · 2012-03-15 22:41:54

I started using keepass a few years ago and still use the version in the AUR - https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=31943 .... I also have a windows version on another machine.
What I'd like to do is switch to keepassX (version 2 with cross platform compatibility) that I can maintain across the 2 machines - https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=55775

Doing an export from keepass does not allow an import into keepassX, what's the best way to migrate (painlessly)?

edit::
would I be better using keepassx from the repository? http://www.archlinux.org/packages/commu … /keepassx/

Last edited by aking9 (2012-03-19 19:12:56)

thisoldman · 2012-03-16 00:32:34

I use keepassx from the community repo, and a portable version for MS Windows from portableapps.com. They work together with no problem.

http://www.keepassx.org/faq wrote:

Can I open KeePass 2.x password databases with KeePassX?
No, KeePassX does not support the KeePass 2.x (.kdbx) password database format currently. However, you can create an export in KeePass 1.x database format (.kdb) from KeePass 2.x, which KeePassX can read (and use as the native password database).

You have to do the export from an MS Windows machine – a library to do the conversion is only available in the Windows version (that's a near-quote from the warning message box when the conversion is attempted).

ngoonee · 2012-03-16 01:24:04

keepassX isn't keepass, btw. Keepass' new version is keepass2 (which is what you're using).

aking9 · 2012-03-19 18:03:23

Yeah, what I was thinking was keeping a version in keepass2 as a backup in case keepassx is no longer maintained and doesn't work but use keepassx as my main password safe for cross compatibility.
I'll check out thisoldman's post in a few hours and hopefully mark as solved at that point

reflexing · 2012-03-19 18:31:30

Why don't you use KeePass 2 for both Windows and Linux?

aking9 · 2012-03-19 19:12:43

reflexing wrote:

Why don't you use KeePass 2 for both Windows and Linux?

That makes sense now that my brain is functioning

ratcheer · 2012-03-20 16:16:10

reflexing wrote:

Why don't you use KeePass 2 for both Windows and Linux?

I have used KeePassX for many years and I really like it. But based on the above post, I am trying Keepass 2 on my systems, today. I am having several problems.

1) This is not a problem for this forum, but I cannot find a KeePass 2 package for Sabayon Linux. No problem on Ubuntu and Windows 7.

2) I have installed KeePass 2.16 on Arch from the community repository, but the current version is 2.18.

3) KeePassX is simple, but KeePass 2 installs a bunch of Mono libraries. Seems very non-simple, non-KISS. (Also, is Mono Free software? Free as in speech)

4) Drag and drop to the browser does not work very well with KeePass 2. It is very reliable with KeePassX.

Therefore, I have reservations about KeePass 2 but, like the OP, I am concerned that it is no longer supported and might stop working someday.

Tim

ninian · 2012-03-20 18:29:17

Gorilla is truly cross-platform and portable (check the --rc option). Standalone binaries are available at https://github.com/zdia/gorilla/wiki
Nothing else needed for me on Arch bar the 2.5MB binary file which I tuck away in /usr/local/bin.

Last edited by ninian (2012-03-20 18:30:11)

ratcheer · 2012-03-20 18:44:28

Well, hell. Now that I installed and played with KeePass 2, drag and drop no longer works in KeePassX. What happened?

Tim

reflexing · 2012-03-20 19:09:27

ratcheer wrote:

reflexing wrote:
Why don't you use KeePass 2 for both Windows and Linux?
I have used KeePassX for many years and I really like it. But based on the above post, I am trying Keepass 2 on my systems, today. I am having several problems.
1) This is not a problem for this forum, but I cannot find a KeePass 2 package for Sabayon Linux. No problem on Ubuntu and Windows 7.
2) I have installed KeePass 2.16 on Arch from the community repository, but the current version is 2.18.

There are no KeePass in community, there's KeePassX 0.4.3. KeePass is maintained in AUR by me (and it's 2.18).

3) KeePassX is simple, but KeePass 2 installs a bunch of Mono libraries. Seems very non-simple, non-KISS. (Also, is Mono Free software? Free as in speech)

Why don't you use KeePassX for both Windows and Linux then? KeePass developers selected Mono and there's nothing we can do about it. Personally I don't have any problems with KeePass 2.18

4) Drag and drop to the browser does not work very well with KeePass 2. It is very reliable with KeePassX.

I don't use this feature, but looks like it works for me.

Therefore, I have reservations about KeePass 2 but, like the OP, I am concerned that it is no longer supported and might stop working someday.
Tim

KeePass is actively developing for both Windows and Linux, as it's written with Mono. Don't be concerned.
KeePassX 2 is very promising as I see, but there's a long way for feature parity with KeePass.

ratcheer · 2012-03-21 01:44:04

Hmmm. All of a sudden, after not working all day, drag and drop from Keepassx started working again. I have no idea what is going on.

Tim

dvorka · 2014-10-15 09:47:35

You may want to use:

https://github.com/dvorka/keepass2-to-keepassx

for conversion of the KeePass2 password database to KeePassX.

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