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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)