On 4 Jul 2018 23:45:41 GMT, Arlen Holder wrote:
b. Start Run vipw {enter} == decrypts an encrypted password file

*NEXT STEPS TO A GLOBAL TRIBAL KNOWLEDGE CROSS-PLATFORM SOLUTION:*

After a few days of testing, I must thanks the purposefully helpful folks
on this ng for coming up with KeePass as a great solution for the command:
Start Run vipw

Where linux-proficient users in this newsgroup (which would likely be most
of you), know inherently what "vipw" muscle-memory means but where the
actual typed command could have been anything:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\vipw.exe
Default = c:\path\to\keepass.exe
or, more usefully:
Default = c:\path\to\passwd.kdbx
*(Where, perhaps, that can be a network path of \\server\share\file.kdbx)?*

The beauty is that the keepass formats are respected by all the platforms,
linux, windows, android, and even iOS.

As is often the case with cross-platform files, there are some
considerations to be made as to the specific keypass format selected:
What's the best KeePass App for Linux, Windows, and Android?
https://www.quora.com/Whats-the-best-KeePass-App-for-Android

For Ubuntu, as usual, it's super easy to install & set up:
sudo apt install keepass2

For Windows, where KeePass was written, the choice is easy also:
https://keepass.info/download.html

Where we have two main choices for Android, either KeepassDroid:
https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.android.keepass/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.android.keepass
Or the Keepass2Android application:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=keepass2android.keepass2android

And, for iOS, it seems to be a more difficult choice:
https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/keepassx-minikeepass-a-free-secure-ios-mac-os-x-password-solution/

As is almost always the case for the Orwellian iOS design, the apps are
less functional, which this article states outright:
"Due to so many restrictions imposed by the iOS, KeePass Touch
is not as feature rich as Keepass2Android."
https://www.guidingtech.com/51929/use-keepass-android-ios/

Given the Orwellian iOS setup, it seems that the best solution for iOS
might be either the Keepasstouch (KeePass Touch) or Minikeepass app:
https://sourceforge.net/p/keepass/discussion/329220/thread/eb00d276/

Minikeepass:
https://itunes.apple.com/app/id451661808
KeePassTouch:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id966759076

Then there's the issue of syncing the password file where most tutorials
seem to use DropBox, surprisingly (which seems to be a horrid solution):
https://www.pcworld.com/article/2098428/use-keepass-in-both-windows-and-android.html
https://www.guidingtech.com/29652/sync-keepass-android/
https://www.guidingtech.com/51929/use-keepass-android-ios/
etc.

I will not put my passwords on the cloud, which is a high-level
philosophical decision that everyone here, I'm sure, understands the
rationale of. even as they may not weigh the pros & cons the same.

Nonetheless, coming up with a *local* sync solution benefits all.

That means I need to come up with a local sync solution, where, this idea
of setting up a Windows folder as an FTP server of sorts, is one place I
will explore to further the solution for the tribal archives:
https://www.guidingtech.com/34045/host-folder-ftp-server-windows/
"This trick can be used to share files between computers when many
of them are connected to the same network. But wait, because that¢s
not all! Stay tuned and I will show you how to combine the trick
with an Android app to get unlimited, real-time file syncing
between Windows and Android."

Before I move forward on the local syncing solution, I simply ask the
technically competent users here if they have a working sync solution on
their local LAN that automatically or manually syncs across the platforms,
Windows, Linux, Android, and iOS?