How To Import LastPass Passwords Into KeePassX

WebUpd8 reader Kice sent us a really cool tip (and complete how-to) on importing the LastPass passwords into KeePassX. He writes:

I use KeepassX, but started using LastPass under the impression that I could easily export to KeepassX. Well that is not the case. I came across this thread http://forums.lastpass.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=1409 the 2nd post from someone on the LastPass team had some discouraging words. Nazariuskappertaal posted a brilliant python script. I can't be the only one looking for a solution like this, so I decided to send it your way.

Here's what you need to do:

This is actually very simple: export your LastPass passwords, convert the exported file using the lastpass2keepass.py script and finally, import the resulting .xml into KeePassX. If that sounds too complicated, here is a detailed how-to.

1. Download the LastPass2KeePass Python script from here (you can use this direct link to the script if you're not familiar with GIT).

2. Make the script executable:

chmox +x lastpass2keepass.py

3. Run the downloaded script:

python lastpass2keepass.py lastpassexport keepass.xml

Where "lastpassexport" is the file you've exported from LastPass.

4. Now simply import the resulting .xml (keepass.xml in our example) file into KeePassX.

NOTE: It supports groups but the icons will be lost.

Many thanks to Kice for all the info!

How To Run KeePass Password Safe In Ubuntu

KeePass Password Safe is an open-source password management utility. There is a KeePass version for Linux: KeePassX. But KeePassX has fewer features and it's development is slower.

If you don't mind using mono, you can use KeePass instead of KeePassX under Linux. Here is how to do it.

1. Install the required dependencies (mono):

sudo apt-get install mono-devel libmono-winforms2.0-cil

2. Download KeePass.zip (not .exe!) and extract it and use a terminal to navigate to the folder where you've extracted it (or use Nautilus Terminal for an easy way to run commands using the terminal in a folder) and run the following command:

mono KeePass.exe

3. Optional: to create a KeePass launcher on your Desktop or Gnome Panel, select "Create launcher", and enter: "mono /path/to/KeePass.exe", where "/path/to/" is the exact path to where you've extracted the KeePass .zip archive.

If you want to use the Linux version of KeePass - called KeePassX, you can install it via the Ubuntu repositories: search for "KeePassX" in the Ubuntu Software Center.

Thanks to LFFL!

Poll Results: Best Linux Password Manager

The results for this week's poll: "best Linux password manager" are in. Most of the votes went to only 2 of the 6 applications we suggested. Read on!

And the winner is: KeePassX with 363 votes (49.59%) which along with LastPass (236 votes - 32.24%) are by far the most used password managers for Linux.

Revelation came in 3rd with 54 votes (7.38%), but there's a huge gap between the 2nd and 3rd place.

Here are the exact results:

Honorable mentions (in the "Other" answer) also got: Seahorse and Kwallet.


Our next poll will probably be out sometime on Monday. Until then, take a look at our previous polls.

Best Linux Password Manager

For this week's poll (well, lately we had a poll every two weeks due to already covering most areas), we'd like to ask the WebUpd8 readers: What is the best Linux password manager? Gorilla, KeePassX, JPassword, GPass, LastPass or Revelation?

Vote below:

Also, don't forget to let us know in the comments why you're using a certain application! Not using any of the above 5 apps? No problem, tell use how you keep your passwords safe anyway.

Browse all our weekly polls.

Many thanks to Henry Dubb for the poll idea and sorry about the delay.

Mitto: Once Click Login To All Your Web Accounts

Mitto is a free Internet password storage service that lets you add the passwords to all of your favorite sites in one place then logs you in to each one of them by simply clicking a button.

You can access your passwords securely from any computer, organize them with tags, securely share them with trusted friends and more. However, it seems it doesn't work with Google accounts for now due to some issues with Google but they will hopefully fix this soon.

It has a database of over 500 websites but if your website is not listed, you can use a bookrmarklet so you can add it to Mitto for an easy one click login access.

To understand better all Mitto features, take a look at this video:

[via wwwhat's new]

Free, Cross-Platform Password Manager: KeePassX

KeePassX Password Safe is a free, open-source, light-weight and easy-to-use password manager for Linux, Windows and Mac OSX. Originally KeePassX was called KeePass/L for Linux since it was a port of Windows password manager Keepass Password Safe. After KeePass/L became a cross platform application, it changed it's name to KeePassX

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. This makes the use of that application even more favourable.

Ubuntu users: the application is available in the Ubuntu repositories, but if you want to install the latest version (which was released yesterday), you can either add the KeePassX PPA, or direct download of .deb files (see below).

Download KeePassX / KeePass (Windows, Ubuntu repository, openSUSE, Fedora 10 & 11 and Mac OSX) | Download Ubuntu .deb