keyring (1) Linux Manual Page

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)