Keepass on USB pendrive - is it possible?
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Hello,
I would like to have access to my passwords from any computer, so I would like to save Keepass database on my mailbox and install Keepass on my USB pendrive. Then I could always connect pendrive to any computer, enter my mailbox and open database. Is it possible? How to install Keepass on pendrive?
Just copy KeePass.exe and KeePass.chm to the pen drive.
Why don't you copy the database there too?
cheers, Paul
Because someone can steal my pendrive or I can loose it (shit happens) ;)
Right, but you can "insure" against these problems by automatically backing up your database to one or more PCs.
Bill Rubin
Backing up the database won't hinder people from tampering around with your data after they have "found" the pendrive, though. Admittedly, with the encryption level of KeePass, they might not get very far.
I'm not sure what you refer to by "mailbox". If it's a MAPI or POP mailbox, you'll need to download the database file to the computer you're sitting at to open it with KeePass. Another approach might be to put the database on a (hidden) windows share or to place it on to a ftp space which is not too public. The security risk is a little higher than loosing your pendrive, of course.
The problem I see with your approach is that you are dependent upon having an internet connection. If you only use Keepass for website logins then I guess this is fine but still too many unnecessary steps. The database is encrypted wherever it is stored so maintain the security of your password, make your backups to a separate type of media, and quit worrying. ;-)