On Fri, Jul 21, 2017 at 7:10 AM, '0brand' via qubes-users < [email protected]> wrote:
> And sorry if this sounds absurd, but very frequently the database file > will become unselected, this happens to everyone in my family all the time > and you sometimes will repeatedly try the password, to have it fail, not > realizing you actually have to re-select the database file again. > > It does not sound absurd at all. There is a keepassx bug that is causing > problems if users shutdown their database improperly just like you said. > Its probably the same one I was reading about. And to be honest with you I > would take any suggestions at this point no matter how absurd you think it > is ; ) > > When I was first having the problem I removed the keepassx databases and > restored from backups. Like I said I was having problems restoring them. > I just realized that the old vault-appvms that I removed keep showing back > up in /var/lib/qubes/appvms . Maybe this is either the problem or a > symptom of the problem? > > Hopefully I will have a solution soon. For what its worth I really > appreciate everyones response and If you you have any more suggestion I > would like to hear them. > > > > Sent with ProtonMail <https://protonmail.com> Secure Email. > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [qubes-users] Re: Keepass vault password no worky > Local Time: July 19, 2017 9:58 PM > UTC Time: July 19, 2017 9:58 PM > From: [email protected] > To: qubes-users <[email protected]> > [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] > > On Wednesday, July 19, 2017 at 5:43:39 PM UTC-4, 0brand wrote: > > Which Keepass? On debian: > > > > I use the same as you Keepassx. > > > > > > > > I"m thinking it may have something to do with dom0 backup/restore. I > have multiple 512 Gib usb drives i do backups on. I don"t want to try to > restore from one of my other ones because I"m afraid they may become > corrupted as well. > > > > > > > > My next step doing a fresh install on my other hard drive and see if I > can restore my kepassx databases onto that. If that does not work I guess > I"m out of luck. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email. > > > > > > > > -------- Original Message -------- > > > > Subject: Re: [qubes-users] Re: Keepass vault password no worky > > > > Local Time: July 19, 2017 3:53 PM > > > > UTC Time: July 19, 2017 3:53 PM > > > > From: [email protected] > > > > To: qubester <[email protected]>, qubes-users <[email protected]>, > [email protected] > > > > > > > > qubester: > > > > > On 07/18/2017 02:27 PM, "0brand" via qubes-users wrote: > > > > >> I"ve been trying to resolve a problem with both of my Debian-8 > > > > >> vault-appvms.. For some reason my Keepass passwords no longer work. > > > > >> When I type in the password I get this message: > > > > >> Unable to open database. Wrong key or database file is corrupt > > > > >> I have been using the same password for both my Keepass databases for > > > > >> quite some time now so the problem isn"t due to forgetting or > > > > >> miss-typing my passwords. Normally this would not be much of a problem > > > > >> except for the fact that restoring from backups is not remedying the > > > > >> issue. I"ve restored both my Keepass vault-appvms and my Debian-8 > > > > >> Template. > > > > >> Looking back at the day before this happened there is only one thing > > > > >> that I did that may have contributed to the problem. I removed my > > > > >> sys-usb (netvm) and created a sys-usb (appvm). After I created the new > > > > >> sys-usb I realized that It would not run unless I set pci_strictreset > > > > >> to false. This was not acceptable to me so I removed the new sys-usb > > > > >> and created a new one with: > > > > >> sudo qubesctl top.enable qvm.sys-usb > > > > >> sudo qubesctl top.enable qvm.sys-usb > > > > >> The reason I think this may have contributed to the problem is because > > > > >> the first two times I tried to restore my appVMs things did not go > > > > >> well. The first time the Gui completely froze and I was unable to > > > > >> unmount the drive. The second time the backup-restore did not complete > > > > >> but at least the screen did not freeze up. The third time I used a > > > > >> backup from a couple days prior and everything went smoothly. It did > > > > >> not solve the problem though. I still can not unlock my Keepass > vaults. > > > > >> I"m not really sure what to do next. Is it possible that my backups > > > > >> are somehow being corrupted when I restore them? I"m a little > > > > >> flustered at this point and I could use some guidance. > > > > >> Thanks in advance > > > > I did not trust a password manager and wanted something more flexible so used cryptsetup to luksOpen a file and then mount it as a partition. Password are in a spreadsheet that appears when it is mounted. Over the years sometimes the spreadsheet asked to be recovered (it always worked), but I learned to close it properly to avoid that. I do not know if this is less corruption prone than a password manager, but have a feeling that a spreadsheet is a much more common and mature product than a password manager. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. 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