Warning: The Export of sensitive information from a Password Safe database to a text file has serious security consequences. This operation will create an unprotected copy of the passwords in the database. Deleting this copy after use is not sufficient and other actions should be taken to properly erase the data (e.g. third party “shredding” utilities). The export of sensitive data effectively bypasses the security of the Password Safe program.
Exported text
will:
Imported text
is assumed to have:
The
Title Row for full data export currently contains the
following fields by default, separated by a tab.
When exporting data, you may use the “Advanced” feature to exclude any number of these fields from the Title Row and records. The Advanced option also allows you to specify a subset of the entries to export, as shown below.
During Import, the supplied Title Row must include “column headings” that match exactly one of the above. If any “column heading” is repeated, only the data in the last one will be added to the entries during import. If a “column heading” does not match one of the above, the data in that column will be ignored during import. The fields must be separated with the field separator specified for the data in the Import Text dialog box.
Column
Heading/Field |
Comments |
Group/Title |
If present,
groups are separated by periods (‘.’). The Title field cannot be
blank, empty or contain the delimiter character. |
Username |
|
Password |
Cannot be blank
or empty. |
URL |
|
AutoType |
|
Created Time |
See note 1
below |
Password
Modified Time |
See note 1
below |
Last Access Time |
See note 1
below |
Password Expiry
Date |
See note 1
below |
Record Modified
Time |
See note 1
below |
History |
See note 2
below |
Notes |
|
Notes:
Time fields can
be one of the following 3 formats: |
where:
asctime
’ and format
‘3’ conforms to the ISO 8601 standard.
Password
history is represented in the exported entry record as a text field
comprising a header followed by the required number of entries of old
passwords: |
Password
History Header: