From 0381bce35845cb387fcd7ce124da60b9c45c611a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: ahriman Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2019 17:42:06 -0400 Subject: tildewiki --- pages/pass.md | 112 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 112 insertions(+) create mode 100644 pages/pass.md (limited to 'pages/pass.md') diff --git a/pages/pass.md b/pages/pass.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2259f9e --- /dev/null +++ b/pages/pass.md @@ -0,0 +1,112 @@ + + +# pass, the CLI Password Manager + +`pass` is a command line utility to manage your passwords. + +It creates a simple file/folder structure under your `$PASSWORD_STORE_DIR` +(by default `~/.password-store`) where every file is encrypted with your +gpg key. + +You can organize that hierarchy as you see fit. For instance something like +`sites/tilde.news/myusername` is a common way of doing it. + +Those files are not limited to contain simply a password, they can contain +anything. But is recommended that the password goes alone in the first +line, so you can benefit from the `-c` option which copies that to the +clipboard directly. + +There is `bash`, `zsh` and `fish` command line completion available and +all can be tracked using `git`. So it's really convenient. + +## Setup + +This is simple, just one command (assuming you have your GnuPG key +ready). GPG-ID is the hex id of your key. + +``` +$ pass init GPG-ID + mkdir: created directory ‘/home/user/.password-store’ + Password store initialized for GPG-ID +``` + +## Basic Usage + +List all passwords "tree" style + +``` +$ pass Password Store +├── sites +│ ├── tilde.zone +│ │ ├── myUserName +│ │ ├── secondAccount ... +``` + +Find a password + +``` +$ pass find tilde.zone +Search Terms: tilde.zone +└── sites + └── tilde.zone + └── myUserName@tilde.zone +``` + +See the content of a file + +``` +$ pass email/tilde.institute/myAccount + supersecret +``` + +Copy the first line to the clipboard. Clear time can be configured with +`$PASSWORD_STORE_CLIP_TIME` + +``` +$ pass -c email/tilde.institute/myAccount + Copied email/tilde.institute/myAccount to clipboard. + Will clear in 45 seconds. +``` + +Insert a new password. It can be multiline with `-m`. Remember to put the +password on the first line if you want to use the clipboard function + +``` +$ pass insert sites/foo.com/blah + Enter password for sites/foo.com/blah: +``` + +Generate a 32 chars random password and store it. You can define the +default length with `$PASSWORD_STORE_GENERATED_LENGTH`. With `-n` the +password will not include symbols, but alphanumeric characters only. With +`-c` it gets copied to the clipboard as usual. +``` +$ pass generate sites/foo.com/abcd 32 + The generated password to sites/foo.com/abcd is: + $(-QF&Q=IN2nFBx) +``` + +take a look at the `--help` option or the complete documentation on +their website. + +## Changing Keys + +If you need to change the key being used for your password files, +simply navigate to the directory and re-issue `pass init`, but with +the ID of the new key to be used. Pass will prompt for the old key's +password, then automatically decrypt all keys and re-encrypt them +with the new key. +``` +$ cd ~/.password-store +$ pass init NEWGPGKEYID +``` + +references: + +* [pass home page](https://passwordstore.org) + +[back](/) -- cgit 1.4.1-2-gfad0