KEYRING
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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)