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Re: command line password manager

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In comp.os.linux.misc, Rich  <rich@example.invalid> wrote:
> Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> wrote:
> > I'm envisioning a simple command line program that can just push the 
> > password into the copy/paste buffer (actually "| xclip -i").  I could 
> > write such a tool.  I can see how Hashicorp's 'vault' would do a good 
> > job providing the backend.  But is there something already written 
> > for this sort of use case?
> There are a few CLI password managers out there.  Only you can 
> determine if they are appropriate for your use cases.

There are quite a few *text mode* password managers out there, but CLI
(as demonstrated by my example code) fewer.

> A quick google search turned up (among other web pages):
> 
> https://www.passwordstore.org/

This is the only one that meets my CLI rule. As described there, it
doesn't use an internal shell for commands nor start a full terminal
text-instead-of-graphics-UI (a "TUI").

> https://opensource.com/article/18/4/3-password-managers-linux-command-line

[describes titan, gopass, and kpcli]

> https://linoxide.com/linux-how-to/best-command-line-password-managers-linux/

[describes passmgr and titan]

None of those are truely command *line*. They are all terminal based.
Think difference between 'ifconfig' and 'nmtui' or 'sed' and 'vi'.

The pass program described at passwordstore.org is easy to install and
intriguing. It's not too different in philosophy from my existing main
workflow, but I haven't figured out how to make master password entry
command line. By default it creates a GUI window to read the master
password. I managed to coerce not to do that, but instead it creates
a TUI window:


   ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
   │ Please enter the passphrase to unlock the secret key for the  │
   │ OpenPGP certificate:                                          │
   │ "pass-testing (July 2019) <bogus@qaz.wtf>"                    │
   │ 2048-bit ELG key, ID 1ADB457C,                                │
   │ created 2019-07-26 (main key ID 97FB9CCC).                    │
   │                                                               │
   │                                                               │
   │ Passphrase __________________________________________________ │
   │                                                               │
   │         <OK>                                   <Cancel>       │
   └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘


And it seems to ignore the PASSWORD_STORE_X_SELECTION environment
variable that is supposed to let me specify "primary" (instead of
"clipboard").

So at first blush, not going to work for me.

Elijah
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command line password manager Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2019-07-26 19:21 +0000
  Re: command line password manager Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2019-07-26 20:36 +0000
    Re: command line password manager Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2019-07-26 22:07 +0000
  Re: command line password manager John Forkosh <forkosh@panix.com> - 2019-07-27 01:44 +0000
    Re: command line password manager Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2019-07-27 06:11 +0000
      Re: command line password manager Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2019-07-27 15:18 +0000

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