Re: Password managers
On Fri, 10 Nov 2023 00:39:08 -0500
<paulf@quillandmouse.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 9 Nov 2023 12:46:23 -0500
> Todd Zullinger <tmz@pobox.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > [1] https://www.passwordstore.org/
> >
>
> Excellent suggestion!
>
> I can't get it to work properly, because there must be something
> fundamentally missing in my understanding of GPG, etc.
>
> To initiate the store, you use the following command:
>
> pass init <gpg-id>
>
> If I feed this my master password for the "gpg-id", the .gpg-id file
> in the password store shows my master password in the clear. This
> can't be right. None of the docs explain what a "gpg-id" actually is.
>
> I found some docs on Redhat's site where you could generate a gpg
> file:
>
> gpg --full-generate-key
>
> This asks a bunch of questions, and asks me for my master password. It
> generates a file: ~/.gnupg/pubring.kbx, and add a couple of hex
> strings in ~/.gnupg/private-keys-v1.d. Seems like I should be using
> one of those strings as my private key for gpg-id, but which one?
>
> I'm really not sure what to give the init command for a gpg-id. Any
> help would be much appreciated.
>
> Paul
>
Sorry for the confusion. I figured it out. The gpg-id is the ID I used
when I set up the gpg key mentioned above. I was able to set up pass
and add password entries.
Paul
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