[CentOS] keepass for CentOS Linux OS

Sat Dec 26 23:10:01 UTC 2020
Kaushal Shriyan <kaushalshriyan at gmail.com>

On Thu, Dec 24, 2020 at 5:49 PM Phil Perry <pperry at elrepo.org> wrote:

> On 24/12/2020 00:09, Kaushal Shriyan wrote:
> > On Thu, Dec 24, 2020 at 12:23 AM Richard <
> lists-centos at listmail.innovate.net>
> > wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>> Date: Wednesday, December 23, 2020 23:24:49 +0530
> >>> From: Kaushal Shriyan <kaushalshriyan at gmail.com>
> >>>
> >>> Are there any repos to download keepass password manager for CentOS
> >>> Linux release 7.9.2009 (Core)? I am getting Service Unavailable
> >>> when I hit https://apps.fedoraproject.org/packages/keepass as per
> >>> https://keepass.info/download.html
> >>>
> >>
> >> You can get this for CentOS-7 from the EPEL repo.
> >>
> >>
> > Thanks Richard for the response. I have installed it on CentOS Linux
> > release 7.9.2009 (Core) server. Is there a GUI for it to access it from a
> > network similar to bitwarden (https://bitwarden.com/)? For example
> > http://keepass.example.com. I am going through
> > https://keepass.info/download.html
> >
> > rpm -qil keepassx2-2.0.3-2.el7.x86_64
> > Name        : keepassx2
> > Version     : 2.0.3
> > Release     : 2.el7
> > Architecture: x86_64
> > Install Date: Thu 24 Dec 2020 05:26:30 AM IST
> > Group       : User Interface/Desktops
> > Size        : 1892119
> > License     : GPLv2+
> > Signature   : RSA/SHA256, Wed 30 Nov 2016 04:33:42 AM IST, Key ID
> > 6a2faea2352c64e5
> > Source RPM  : keepassx2-2.0.3-2.el7.src.rpm
> > Build Date  : Wed 30 Nov 2016 03:25:42 AM IST
> > Build Host  : buildhw-09.phx2.fedoraproject.org
> > Relocations : (not relocatable)
> > Packager    : Fedora Project
> > Vendor      : Fedora Project
> > URL         : http://www.keepassx.org/
> > Summary     : Cross-platform password manager
> > Description :
> > KeePassX is an application for people with extremly high demands on
> secure
> > personal data management.
> > KeePassX saves many different information e.g. user names, passwords,
> urls,
> > attachemts and comments in one single database. For a better management
> > user-defined titles and icons can be specified for each single entry.
> > Furthermore the entries are sorted in groups, which are customizable as
> > well.
> > The integrated search function allows to search in a single group or the
> > complete database.
> > KeePassX offers a little utility for secure password generation. The
> > password
> > generator is very customizable, fast and easy to use. Especially someone
> who
> > generates passwords frequently will appreciate this feature.
> > The complete database is always encrypted either with AES (alias
> Rijndael)
> > or
> > Twofish encryption algorithm using a 256 bit key. Therefore the saved
> > information can be considered as quite safe. KeePassX uses a database
> format
> > that is compatible with KeePass Password Safe for MS Windows.
> > /usr/bin/keepassx2
> > /usr/lib64/keepassx2/libkeepassx-autotype-x11.so
> > /usr/share/applications/keepassx2.desktop
> > /usr/share/doc/keepassx2-2.0.3
> > /usr/share/doc/keepassx2-2.0.3/CHANGELOG
> > /usr/share/doc/keepassx2-2.0.3/README.md
> > /usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128
> > /usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps
> > /usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/keepassx.png
> > /usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/mimetypes
> > /usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/mimetypes/application-x-keepassx.png
> > /usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16
> >
> > Best Regards,
> >
> > Kaushal
>
> I prefer the community fork, KeePassXC, which is more actively
> maintained with new/updated features regularly added.
>
> There is no recent RPM package AFAIK but it's really easy to install the
> very latest Snap package from here and comes with all the latest
> encryption (AES 256bit) and key derivation functions (Argon2):
>
> https://keepassxc.org/download/
>
> It's the first time I'd installed a snap and was pleasantly surprised
> how easy it was plus updates are automatic. For extra security I then
> don't use it to store the full password, but separately add a salt
> creating a double-blind password for more sensitive uses:
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boj9q26gadE
>
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Thanks Phil for sharing the details.