What's the new tray icon do in 5.4.5? (KeePassXC)

[szept]

Just auto-updated to 5.4.5 and noticed new tray icon. What is this?

[BarryK]

That is also in 5.4.3, see 5.4.3 blog announcement:

https://bkhome.org/news/202306/easyos-k ... eased.html

Note, the default password is "woofwoof". After opening the database, it is recommended to change it.

[one]

Hi @szept,

obviously the tray icon of keypassxc ...

peace

edit: BK already answered, sorry ...

[szept]

Ok, can someone tell me in few words how can I use KeePassXC and Symphytum for? Is it useful for a average-human user or is it adavnced tool for programmer-super-human? I know there are database tool such as MS Access, but not never used them - is it something similar? Or just, how these apps can be useful for me? Or shall I just kick the green key out of my tray?!:P

[Rantanplan]

Hi @szept ,

the official site is https://keepass.info/

the help center is here : https://keepass.info/help/base/index.html

Then you can navigate the site as you want.

Friendly

[Jinx]

KeepassXC (and the original Keepass) is a password manager as its name suggests. It has a long history and is supported on multiple platforms. I keep my master list on a Windows computer with well over 100 password/site pairs and copy that encrypted database to Android phones and tablets or Linux systems as needed. I keep passport, credit card numbers, PINs and phone numbers to call if I lose one of these in the database, too. A nice configurable, password creator is included.

Never liked the Idea of storing this information in the cloud. Figaro is probably similar to Keepass but won't read its database.

I always laugh when my brother searches though his desk drawer for right slip of paper where he wrote the password.

[Rantanplan]

About Symphitum for x86_64 :

Symphytum is a personal database software for everyone who desires to manage and organize data in an easy and intuitive way, without having to study complex database languages and software user interfaces.

The github's site is here : https://github.com/giowck/symphytum

A presentation is further down the home page.

Friendly.

[BarryK]

szept,
You should monitor my blog, all changes get reported there.

Symphytum:
https://bkhome.org/news/202306/symphytu ... in-oe.html

There are also a couple of posts about KeePassXC.

[Rantanplan]

... Figaro is probably similar to Keepass but won't read its database...

Hi @Jinx,

Error
Yes, Figaro reads its db.
Just, you need terminal and type this :

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fpm2 -f  /path_to/passwords_database

There is also a password generator that you can configure.

Best to you.

[kris777]

For me, FPM2 does not read the database from keepassxc

fpm2 -f /path_to/passwords_database

maybe he's reading the keepass version?

[BarryK]

Maybe I was too hasty on going for KeePassXC, instead of FPM2.

FPM2 has now reached version 0.90:

https://als.regnet.cz/fpm2/about

Easy has version 0.79.

The great adavantage it has over KeePassXC is that FPM2 is tiny.
KeePassXC has some very bloated dependencies, such as 'botan', and I had to bring in the Qt libraries, which bumped up the size of easy.sfs by about 12MB.

FPM2 has much less features, but is that a bad thing?

FPM2 it seems has its own database format, which is a negative.
The KeePassXC database is used by many apps, including on phones, so is highly portable.

FPM2 can also reside in the tray, which is a plus point.

[Rantanplan]

Hi @kriss777

fpm2 reads only its own database.

Bests regards

[szept]

KeepassXC (and the original Keepass) is a password manager as its name suggests. It has a long history and is supported on multiple platforms. I keep my master list on a Windows computer with well over 100 password/site pairs and copy that encrypted database to Android phones and tablets or Linux systems as needed. I keep passport, credit card numbers, PINs and phone numbers to call if I lose one of these in the database, too. A nice configurable, password creator is included.

About Symphitum for x86_64 :

Symphytum is a personal database software for everyone who desires to manage and organize data in an easy and intuitive way, without having to study complex database languages and software user interfaces.

The github's site is here : https://github.com/giowck/symphytum

A presentation is further down the home page.

Friendly.

Awesome explanation guys! I think that's all I need to make my decission to switch it off in TRAY bar to get some more space for launched app's icons - thanks
I keep my passwords on my email's drive and they're kind of encrypted by myself, in a form of *** where I know what should be there, e.g. c*mp*ny. I don't think I need separate tool for it yet, however it sounds useful, because I keep my Easy-USB with me and it could be more handy to use. Maybe somethign for future.

You should monitor my blog, all changes get reported there.

Yes, I probably should, but you're very productive person (which I really appreciate using awesome Easy OS) and I might not have time to be up to date with all fruits of your work. I've got quite few posts on this forum and still learning new stuff about Easy as well as Linux stuff in general