Help: How to use "--db-unprotected"

[archertanu]

How to use "--db-unprotected" and backup db keys for used in different Machines. Thanks for help.

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[Aetherinox]

You never got a reply, but I figured this out.

Open your Command Prompt / Terminal and go to the folder where you have the SoftU2FDaemon.exe stored.

Then run the command:

.\SoftU2FDaemon.exe --db-unprotected

Then in Windows, go to Start -> Run and in the run box, type %APPDATA%\SoftU2FDaemon. This will open your File Explorer where your database is stored, and you should see a new group of files named .unprotected.

The top file is your keys using DPAPI protection. The bottom three files with .unprotected are without DPAPI protection. Typically all you need to back up is db.unprotected.sqlite. The other files are just because the database is currently opened by the program. They go away when you exit the app.

The -shm file contains an index to the -wal file and the -shm file improves performance when reading the -wal file.
If the -shm file gets deleted, it get created again during next database access.
If checkpoint is run, the -wal file can be deleted.

It's recommended that if you make a backup of the unprotected file, close the daemon app out first that way all connections to the database are closed, and then you will only be left with the .sqlite file.