Re: [dwm] Nice "suckless" password manager

On Fri, Jan 25, 2008 at 09:40:07AM -0800, Amit Uttamchandani wrote:
> On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 16:46:47 +0100
> Antoni Grzyma??a <antoni_AT_chopin.edu.pl> wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 16:24:20 +0100, Amit Uttamchandani <atu13439_AT_csun.edu>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > 1. vim + encfs
> > > 2. Revelation - GTK app
> > > 3. pwsafe - CLI solution but looks like it hasn't been updated in a
> > > while
> > > 4. KWallet
> > >
> > > After DWM, I've been in a "suckless" mindset. So from the above
> > > list...it looks like vim + encfs is a good solution.
> > >
> > > What do DWM users use?
> >
> > I just keep a GnuPG-encrypted file and edit it with vim (somewhat
> > transparently with relevant vim configuration).
> >
> > Regards,
> >
>
> Thanks for the input.
>
> That actually might be a good and simple way to do it. So when using gpg, there is some sort of a key and passphrase involved correct?
>
> Can you post your steps on how to get the encrypt/decrypt the file?
>
> Thanks,
> Amit
>

you must set up `gpg' correctly first, of course. look, e.g. at

http://www.gnupg.org/gph/en/manual.html

"generating a new keypair"

if you've set it up, it's simple:

`gpg -e {your_passwords_file}'

for encrypting it (you might also pass your user-id ("the recipient") directly
via `-r', otherwise gpg asks)

and

`gpg {you_passwords_file}.gpg'

for recovering the clear text.

try it out with some copy first :-)

hth
joerg
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