Can I use my passbolt account on multiple computers?

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We are just moving over to Passbolt and I was wondering if a token expires is it possible to have the same account on two different machines?

Currently I have a laptop and a desktop.

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Hi there @NoCause ,

I’m not sure what you mean by “if a token expires” but you can indeed have the same passbolt account configured on multiple computers.

From the FAQ: Passbolt Help | How to recover an account?

The account recovery functionality can be used if you are setting up a passbolt client on a new machine because you lost, upgraded, reinstalled the previous one. You can also use this method to configure a passbolt client on an additional machine.

This procedure can only be completed if you are in possession of an active user account, a copy of the private key associated with that account and the passphrase to decrypt the private key.

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When you setup an account you either:

  • Generate a GPG private key and choose a passphrase.
  • Import an encrypted GPG private key with its associated passphrase.
    In both cases, the private key is encrypted with your passphrase.

That being said, keep a backup of that encrypted key, because you will be able to “import” this key in any passbolt client:

  • browser extension (FF, Chrome, Edge)
  • android or iOS app
  • CLI
  • A script to talk to the API in the language of your choice.

So yeah it can be imported on as many computers and browsers as you want (even though it is not recommended).

Cheers