Attempt to open the database on the second computer.Open the database on the first computer.Set up both KeePassXC instances to disconnect from the database after a couple minutes.Since referring to passwords is the common operation, and updating the passwords is relatively uncommon, I wonder if this could documented as a work-around: My suspicion is that it's not possible to have two computers with concurrent read/write access to the file. My Dropbox folder has many files named '#' as well as '' The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process.'

When opening the database from the second computer, I am given a choice of Open/Open read-only/Cancel.Īdding an entry and clicking Save gives a message, 'Writing to the database failed. There are several symptoms of failure to work well with a database on a shared folder: Specifically, I was hoping I could open the same database (stored on Dropbox) with KeePassXC on two computers, and they would take turns reading/updating the database. Expected Behaviorįrom the above description, I was hopeful that everything would 'just work'. We prefer this approach, because it is simple, not tied to a specific cloud provider and keeps the complexity of our code low. can be easily accomplished by simply storing your KeePassXC database inside your shared cloud folder and letting your desktop synchronization client do the rest. Q: Why is there no cloud synchronization feature built into KeePassXC?Ī: Cloud synchronization with Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, Nextcloud etc.

The FAQ leads me to believe that I can simply place the database in a Dropbox folder and it will work fine.

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