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KEYRING(1) General Commands Manual KEYRING(1)

NAME

keyring - Python-Keyring command-line utility

SYNOPSIS

keyring [get|set|del] SERVICE USERNAME

OPTIONS

-h, --help
Show the help message and exit.
-p KEYRING_PATH, --keyring-path=KEYRING_PATH
Specify path to the keyring backend to use.
-b KEYRING_BACKEND, --keyring-backend=KEYRING_BACKEND
Specify name of the keyring backend to use.
--list-backends
List the available keyring backends and exit.
--disable
Create a configuration file disabling keyring and exit.

DESCRIPTION

keyring provides a way to store, lookup and delete passwords in various backends supported by Python-Keyring.

Usage example:

$ keyring set service username
Password for 'username' in 'service':
$ keyring get service username
password

How the SERVICE and USERNAME parameters are handled depends on the backend, with the default Secret Service backend they are stored as item lookup attributes.

SEE ALSO

secret-tool(1)