KeePass is a password manager. You can use it to store all your passwords in one database, and locked with a master key. You can store the database on a shared network drive and used by multiple users.
A video tutorial on how to setup Keepass on your machine is available here.
Getting Started...
- Click Start → KeePass 2
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- Click File → New... and click OK.
- Type in the filename of your new password database and click Save. Remember where you save your password database file.
- Make sure Master Password is checked. Enter your Master password and enter again in Repeat password. Click OK.
- If asked, click OK at the Database Settings window. Please print your KeePass Emergency Sheet if asked and store it in a safe location.
- You are now at the main window. On the left, you have the entry groups. On the right, you have the actual password entries.
Add an entry
- Click on Edit → New entry...
- Type in an entry on the Title line representing an identifying name to the service/site password you are creating.
- Type in your username for the service/site you are creating an entry
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- You can keep the (automatically) generated and use it as your password for the service/site, or you can type-in whatever password you may already have.
- In the URL line, type in the website's login portal URL.
- In the Notes section, type in any additional information you may need to associate with the entry you are creating (eg., challenge questions and answers).
- Click on OK.
Use entries
Option 1:
- After you have logged in to Keepass, scroll through the list of entries on your database, and double-click on the entry you would like to get a password for.
- The password for the service/site will be initially masked, click on the
icon to reveal the password. You can copy and paste the revealed password. - Any additional notes you have made on the entry will also be available for you, should you need the information.
- Click on OK when done.
Option 2:
- After you have logged in to Keepass, scroll through the list of entries on your database,
- Right-click on the entry Title, and choose Copy password.
Use entries
Save the password database
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