Chrome Extension on Linux

khad

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yk7

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Kevin Lyda

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khad

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remybach

It's such a pity that this thread has been going since 2010 and there's still no Linux support! :(

You definitely have my +1 for a Linux version, although I've gotta agree with Zero2Cool: if you managed to get it to work with just the browser extension, that would already more than fill my needs.

Thanks for the great work on 1Password already guys - Linux really needs to have quality apps, and you guys could really bring a top quality app to the market here (no pressure ;) ).

khad

It would be very nice if we had the resources to develop and maintain a product for Linux. It's possible that we will someday. We certainly have never ruled it out. At the moment, all of our focus is on shipping 1Password 4 for Mac. Thank you for your kind words, encouragement, and feedback on this matter! We really do appreciate it. :)

b00nb0b

I love your product on IOS/Windows, but I really need to use a password manager on my linux workstation. I'm leaving 1password with sadness until you decided to release a full featured linux version.

Bye 1password, hello lastpass. :/

khad

We're sad to see you go, @b00nb0b. I know 1PasswordAnywhere (which works in any modern browser) and the Windows version of 1Password under WINE work for a lot of folks, but they aren't ideal for every use case. I'll tally a vote on your behalf for native Linux support.

Please let me know if there is anything else you'd like me to share with the developers.

Mooash

+1 for this. As a sysadmin who uses linux it'd be a great tool to have.

khad

Thanks for letting us know, @Mooash! Vote counted. :D

jrock2004

@khad I can understand your statement on resources but I would think getting the browser extention to work would be not that difficult. I mean the plugin will install and if I click it, it asks me for the password. After that it sits there at syncing. My thought would be there that the issue is, its looking for the 1Password.exe file and it is not able to find it. A simple solution would be to have a preference that could allow users to point to the location of the 1password.exe file.

Also I think what could help would be is if the plugins source code could be visibile to allow the Linux community to help resolve a blockage that it seems we have. Thanks

khad

@jrock2004,

We can't directly access the data file because of web browser sandboxing, the extension can't access files outside the sandbox. We use WebSocket. If the WebSocket server (Agile1pAgent.exe in the Windows version of 1Password) can't create itself, or if WINE doesn't allow that to work then there will be no syncing. It also depends on how WINE creates the WebSocket. If it does allow us to, Even if it's possible that other processes outside of WINE still won't have access. I can't answer that, but my hunch is that it's technically not possible with the current WINE.

It's not quite as easy as you make it sound, but I will certainly let the developers know you are interested in this! :)

Please let me know if there is anything else I can help with in the meantime.

Cheers!

Benabik

Can there at least be a way to disable the 1password extension on Linux? Or perhaps more generally on machines where 1password isn't installed.

Because Chrome syncs extensions, I keep getting popups to save my logins in 1password that will never work. (Sadly, Chrome doesn't seem to allow me to disable the extension only on specific machines.)

khad

@Benabik, you can disable extension syncing in Chrome's preferences. Or just disable autosave in the extensions Logins settings.

Benabik

I can't get at the settings in Linux because all I get is a master password prompt. Also, disabling extension syncing because I have one extension I don't want seems like overkill.

AGKyle

@benabik

Sounds like a feature request to make with Chrome. This is the problem with "all or nothing" features like Extension Syncing I think. I get that they want the experience to be the same on all platforms but not everything is so black and white usually.

The other option is to create a second profile that doesn't have 1Password installed. Only issue here is syncing of bookmarks and such will depend on the profile. But, it's another option.

Things may change in version 4 for Windows but I'm not entirely sure how it'll interact with WINE.

pkkid

For what its worth, I got the extension working on Linux using port-forwarding to a second OSX machine running the 1Password software. Everything seems to work great except adding a new entry.

I'm not too sure how secure this is or even if 1Password talks to the server in clear text or not. I only use this on my home internal network. Maybe the Agile team can give some details in this area?

1. Setup 1Password on an OSX and make sure its running.
2. Make sure you can SSH into the OSX machine from the Linux machine.
3. Setup Port Forwarding on your Linux machine (see below).
4. SSH from Linux to OSX using the port-forwarding host you setup. (>> ssh 1password)
5. Start Chome on Linux and log into the 1Password extension!

Setup Port Forwarding

Open ~/.ssh/config and add a new entry similar to the following. The important part is the LocalForward lines. I got the list of ports here, near the bottom. Change the Host to whatever you want. HostName should be the IP or hostname of a PC running the 1Password application. For me is an OSX machine I use as a server in-house. User is the username to login to the machine via SSH.

Host 1password
  HostName 1.2.3.4
  User=mike
  LocalForward 6544 localhost:6543
  LocalForward 6258 localhost:6258
  LocalForward 10191 localhost:10191
  LocalForward 14821 localhost:14821
  LocalForward 24861 localhost:24861
  LocalForward 25007 localhost:25007
  LocalForward 38151 localhost:38151
  LocalForward 46360 localhost:46360
  LocalForward 49801 localhost:49801
  LocalForward 55730 localhost:55730
  LocalForward 59483 localhost:59483

PhilippeAG

@pkkid

I'm not too sure how secure this is or even if 1Password talks to the server in clear text or not. I only use this on my home internal network. Maybe the Agile team can give some details in this area?

It's complicated...

Short version: This only works since you have a 1Password 3 extension running in a signed browser on the target machine. The 1Password 3 extension does talk encrypted to the helper so there's nothing really to be concerned about (and you SSH it anyway) but we never tested this scenario. The worst thing that can happen is that the extension and main app gets de-synchronized and you lose your 1Password data.

I'm myself a full-time Linux user and for now I run 1Password in WINE and copy/paste.

JKBuster

I'll add my +1 to a linux browser extension for chrome. At home I use Mac, and 1Password does a fantastic job, but at work I'm on a linux machine and I miss my passwords constantly.

sangeth

I'll add another +1 and I'd gladly pay for a Linux version even after purchasing both the OSX and Windows versions.

Megan

Hi @JKBuster and @sangeth,

I'll be sure to add your votes to the list :)

samolang

Another +1 for linux. This issue has become a show stopper for me. Going to check out LastPass now.

demmeln

+1
This is holding me back from buying 1password and using it for all my devices.

nzifnab

I would love this functionality :\ I'm considering looking for an alternative solution, but I really love 1password. I use it on OSX at work, and usually on windows at home. But when I want to do development at home I fire up a VM w/ ubuntu and being able to have a native chrome extension would be really awesome. I guess for now I'll just copy-paste from 1passwordanywhere, but if somehow you could get the chrome extension to just... read from 1passwordanywhere or something... that would be awesome. I don't think that's technically possible though... maybe it is, with the 1pass file on dropbox.

So... +1 for linux chrome support.

Megan

Hi @samolang, @demmeln and @nzifnab,

Thanks for adding your votes here, I'll be sure to pass this along to our developers! :)

nasht00

Pretty old thread -
+1 for Linux support.
I am currently not a 1Password customer. I've been looking around for start using password managers and 1Password has the best reviews.
However, being a true multi-platform user, Linux is a hard requirement for me. And not just workarounds (especially if I am going to pay for it).
So yes, Linux support please!

Megan

Hi @nasht00‌,

Thanks for taking the time to write in! It's great to hear what users are looking for in a password solution. While I can't comment further at this time, I'm happy to add your vote to the feature request :)

fred0

+1 to linux support also. I bought the iphone app a few days ago, pretty happy with it. I'll buy for desktop too, as soon as its linux compatible. great software guys, thanks!

Megan

Hi @fred0,

Thanks so much for the kind words - I'd be happy to tell the developers that you want some 1Password support for Linux too :)

Mooash

Is there any word on whether this will happen at all? Unfortunately it's making me consider the move to LastPass along with other people I work with :(