Was anyone else surprised to learn that updated passwords do not propagate via shared entries? If you share an entry, and later change your password for the website, you must revoke the share and then share it again with the new password.

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Was anyone else surprised to learn that updated passwords do not propagate via shared entries?  If you share an entry, and later change your password for the website, you must revoke the share and then share it again with the new password.

rebecca.oglesby · Answer

I believe that when a password is in a shared folder, it works the way you are expecting it to. So, i create a shared folder then share that whole folder with whomever I need to share the passwords in that folder with. From my observations, this gives access to the passwords in it and will 'update' when changed. Looks like this is feature of the "Lastpass Families" license. Obviously this breaks down when you have multiple people you share with, and some who need access to some but not all of the passwords you share with another. Think - if you make a VENN diagram of the people you share with and the passwords they need access to, you'll need a separate folder for each section of the diagram that overlaps.

Ripleyclan · Answer

YES!  Obviously a design flaw.  Not well documented either.  I've been a loyal user but this is about to push me over to another provider.  Time to get the developers to fix the design flaw or lose more customers.

Instyle Technologies · Answer

* "Was anyone else surprised to learn that updated passwords do not propagate via shared entries? If you share an entry, and later change your password for the website, you must revoke the share and then share it again with the new password"

YES INDEED,  I was more than surprised, I felt betrayed, to find  LastPass uses the word "sharing" in the  included features list for the bottom two tiers of services.  At best, it might be an option to "Push copies of items to other users vaults. You maintain ownership, control all updates and revoke users access at any time."  To call it "sharing", for Free and Premium tiers, it's very much a misnomer, it feels much worse. I

t feels like a lie.

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* "...this feature is feasible in a future update."

Sharing features, which must include automatic version sync between item, users, or folders are available.

* Families Tier includes "Share" folders of items with 1-5 total other users in Families group.
* Teams Tier includes "Share" folders of items with other any to all users on Teams group
* Business Tier includes actual "Sharing" folders of items with any to all users (within the company domain), with user groups management, and up to 5 other external users

Full featured sharing is available NOW. Let's hope ..new features will described with integrity in future updates.

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* "I will have to move to another solutions that has this option. Is this not provided in your teams/business service level?"

Options for sharing on the FREE and the PREMIUM Tiers of LastPass are without any sync between user instances, and re-sending copies is only a one way, more a delivery like than a sharing experience.

*  Some other password management tools have limited, but still very real, sharing options even on their lower TIERS.  
* Some systems allow Multiple Organizations or Identities in a single user vault.
* Some password tools allow users to sign in to multiple accounts/vaults in their user interfaces.  
* The user/account options mentioned above, configured in a clever manner, can offer great relief for users who must maintain multiple personal and/or business accounts. It also helps users who must access all this data all day long. with LastPass as their sole provider.  
* LastPass still won't completely allow users the unquestionable control, and the full power  to maintain their own folder names and their vault in or out of these folder.  It's absurd to find Last Pass making and naming and sorting your stuff as it sees fit. The madness is less or non existent when the user keeps all items in shared folders.

LastPass mostly has some of the best options available, yet some poorly functioning and bad design details also provide some friction.

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE