1Password Question: Sharing a keychain

Here is a question for all of you... especially Kyle.

My situation: I use 1Password quite extensively... across my iMac, MBA, Windows (under parallels on MBA), iPad, and iPhone. All share the same dropbox account, and use 1Password dropbox syncing.

My wife has a copy of my 1password keychain in her dropbox account... but almost never will she add new entries. She is afraid she will screw something up. Occasionally, I'll add entries for her, at her request, but those instances are rare. Instead, she will just use a common password that she used prior to use getting the 1P program.

I do realize that there is the one liability of a "joint keychain" if we both have different accounts/passwords for a specific site. We have been handling that situation (using iCloud as an example)... two separate login entries such as "iCloud (Jim)" and iCloud (Deb)". Then, when we hotkey... a list pops up and we each choose the appropriate item.

My Question:

Is there any reason why we cannot share our "1password folder" using "dropbox sharing" across two different users? That way she will continuously get the most up to date copy of our "joint keychain". I cannot think of any reason that this will not work... but want to be sure that I do not make a fatal mistake here.

/Jim

 

Kyle... 1P really would still be using the "single keychain"... just as each of my personal machines currently do. From my train of thought... each machine currently has a single keychain locally... and dropbox synchronizes these across all of my machines.

Wouldn't this be the same? Deb's account would still synchronize with the single keychain... and her machines would still have its own local copy.

I have a second question. I originally had the version purchased directly from Agile... but then last November I purchased (and reinstalled) the version from the MAS. However... my keychain is NOT located in:
~/Dropbox/1Password/1Password.agilekeychain.

Instead, it is located in: ~/Dropbox/stuff/1Password.agilekeychain

Is this something that I need to (or should) fix?

/Jim

 

Kyle,

One more question. Would it help if her copy of the keychain was treated as "read only". She really does not ever create new entries.

/Jim

 

Kyle,

Yes... I was going to move (by hand)... a copy of my 1Password file from my computer to hers. So... at this point, we would each have an exact copy of the same 1Password keychain... with both of our data in it.

Then... I would set up our two ~/dropbox/1password/ folders to sync (as shared dropbox folders). That way, if I add new site or new 1password items... she would have them as well.

It seems to me that it would work. In theory, it should be no different than when I add a new entry on say my MBA... and then it is automatically synced to iMac as well.

/Jim

 

Thanks a lot Kyle. I am OK with it... because for all practical purposes, I do not think she will really be adding new items into her account. This will essentially be a one-way sync. She is a technophobe who is afraid she will break things. If anything... she will tell me that she signed up for a new site... using her default email/password... and then I'll log in with my computer... change her password to a 1P autogenerated one... and then it will sync back over to her account.

Worst case, if the shared dropbox folder stops syncing... I'll have to manually copy the entire keychain over again.

Thanks again for great service.

/Jim

 

Kyle,

I did fix the location as you suggested... and then, without further action, it was working across all of my OSX machines.

There is a hidden 1password settings file at the root of dropbox. I didn't look inside, but I suspect that file has a pointer to the keychain location.

Thanks again for your help. I'll work on the IOS devices next.

/Jim

 

Kyle,

I didn't take any chances with my iOS devices. I just deleted the app from my iPhone and iPad... and then reinstalled. Just followed the instructions that I was already a user... and to sync from dropbox. Perfect!

/Jim