KeePass Password Safe is a free password manager utility program that I’ve written about before. One question that came about is "Okay, so you can save a password file locally. But how about backing it up to a server?"
KeePass does in fact have the ability to do this via FTP.
Using the latest version 2.06 beta, you open your database and click File then Save As then Save to URL, like this:
From there a new window opens and looks like this:
Your URL is entered as ftp://ftp.example.com/MyDatabase.kdbx or something similar to it. After that you enter your FTP username and password in the fields below, then next to "Remember" you can opt to have the application remember your user/pass, remember user/pass for this session only or not remember at all.
"But I don’t have an FTP server!"
Your ISP most likely offers you free homepage space which is accessible via FTP. You can use that to store your password database to. See your ISP’s "personal homepage" options for more information on that.
"How do I know my password database is secure if on a remote server?"
Place a strong master password on the database. You do this from within KeePass itself. Never place a password database on a remote server that doesn’t have some kind of strong authentication to access it.
"Can I retrieve my password database from a remote FTP server without having a local copy?"
Yes. Click File, then Open, then Open URL. Enter your FTP information there and you can download the password database direct from FTP without ever having to save it locally. And if you modify it, yes it will save to the FTP location as well.
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