Comments on: 1Password + Dropbox = Password Sync

By: Dropbox

Dropbox — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 09:42:10 +0000

It’s perfect software. I love it. Price is not so much as speed :)

By: Captain

Captain — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 23:31:52 +0000

Hmm. Not cross-platform… go with KeePass. It has an open db format as well as being fully encrypted.

By: Mike Gunderloy

Mike Gunderloy — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 11:16:02 +0000

Maxx – You could also try going into the 1Password preferences and telling it that the location of the agile keychain file is the copy that’s synchronized.

By: Maxx Bass

Maxx Bass — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 10:14:43 +0000

Yes I did, but it might be that the other computer is still running panther. It’s clickable on the Leopard machine.

By: Roustem Karimov

Roustem Karimov — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 03:26:05 +0000

Maxx,

Most probably you are not running the latest BETA build of 1Password. Try to download the latest build from our website:
http://agilewebsolutions.com/versions/list/one_password

Also, please see the forum post for more details:
http://support.agilewebsolutions.com/showthread.php?t=12202

Best regards, Roustem
Co-author of 1Password

By: Judi Sohn

Judi Sohn — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:48:49 +0000

Maxx, it should be clickable. Did you first run the steps in Terminal and enable the new keychain format on the 2nd computer?

By: Maxx Bass

Maxx Bass — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:16:03 +0000

Hi,

Thanx for the great tutorial!

You write: “double-click on the synchronized keychain file.”

In my dropbox there is a folder named: 1Password.agilekeychain

Double-clicking that just opens the folder that contains other folders. If I try to click the actual password files 1password don’t regonize the file. I tried the import function in the 1password menu with no luck.

Should “1Password.agilekeychain” be a clickable file or a folder?

Thanx

Maxx

By: Filip

Filip — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 07:28:59 +0000

Hi Mike. Full disclosure here: I work for http://www.nomadesk.com, which offers small businesses (or nomadic professionals, as we like to call ourselves) an innovative way to share documents and work together on a “virtual fileserver.” I read your post on Dropbox and 1Password and how you use it to synchronize passwords, with great interest.
I just wanted to add NomaDesk to the mix, because it comes with security features specifically geared towards the digital nomad, such as local encryption and “remote shredding” with TheftGuard. That means that your password file will actually be encrypted on each of your PCs. You only need to remember the NomaDesk password to unlock the virtual fileserver. In the event that one of your PCs gets stolen you can simply shred it remotely.
Anyway, I would appreciate your review – in due time.

Thanks!

By: Joel

Joel — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:21:27 +0000

GREAT post – thanks for the great writeup. The combination of these two apps/utilities should save me a ton of headache in the future.

By: Mike Gunderloy

Mike Gunderloy — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:11:37 +0000

Glad to hear that it works with KeePass. There’s more to it than letting you pick where to store the file: it’s also not keeping the file locked, and re-reading it on every change. I’ve run into several password applications that failed on one or the other of those counts.

By: philby

philby — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 05:38:25 +0000

This should basically work with all password management apps that allow you to freely choose where to save the password file, right? (The novelty being for 1password that it can now bypass Apple’s keychain).
I’ll definitely have to try this with SecretBook.

By: Peter

Peter — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 01:57:53 +0000

Piethein – No, I’ve been doing this with KeePass and Dropbox for months. It works perfectly. I no longer have to use my USB stick to keep my KeePass file in sync with my home and work machines.

By: Piethein

Piethein — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:26:34 +0000

Is there any reason this can’t be done with Keepass and dropbox?

By: Carl S.

Carl S. — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 22:57:17 +0000

Thanks for the post. Glad to hear you like it. We’ve been wanting to open the floodgates to non-MobileMe/.Mac syncing for a long time and I’m glad we’re able to finally start crossing that bridge.

Thanks

Carl S.
Chief Evangelist
Agile Web Solutions
http://1password.com/
http://switchersblog.com/