Blank master password

[wimgielis]

Hello,

A how-to question. For some test Keepass databases, I have a master key but it is empty/blank.

How can I use pyKeepass in that case ?
I get: invalid credentials when I try with password = ""

When I change the password to test in Keepass and Python, it works fine.

Best regards,

Wim

[Evidlo]

Use None

[wimgielis]

Hello,

Thanks, I already tried that. It gives me: Invalid credentials

Only changing it to "test" in the Python code and also in Keepass, then it works.

Visually in Keepass for the empty password, I get the checkbox with "Master password" and then leave that field blank and get access.

Thanks,

Wim

[PCavan]

I've just had the same issue and found a workaround:

class TruthyString(str):
    def __bool__(self):
        return True

kp = PyKeePass("path/to/keepass.kdbx", password=TruthyString())

I suspect that somewhere, there is a test like if password: that should instead be if password is not None:.

[Evidlo]

I'm not able to reproduce this, or I am misunderstanding your description. Here is a database with a keyfile but no password set, and I can open it with password=None.

[PCavan]

It's not with a key file, it's with a password, but the password is the empty string.

[Evidlo]

I see where the problem is, but how are you entering an empty string in KeepassXC to verify this? KeepassXC seems to assume there is no password when the field is left empty.

[PCavan]

I'm not, we're using Keepass2.

[Evidlo]

This should be fixed in 4.1.1

[wimgielis]

Hello,

I can confirm that it works now with a blank password for the database.
Many thanks !

Wim