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Any program that is GUI first (like keepass) cannot be the standard UNIX password manager. Furthermore, `pass` fits nicely into the philosophy of small reusable
by nixpulvis 4y ago
Any program that is GUI first (like keepass) cannot be the standard UNIX password manager. Furthermore, `pass` fits nicely into the philosophy of small reusable components. It is a small amount of shell scripting wrapped around two other commonly used tools: Git and GPG.
- selfhoster11 4y ago> Any program that is GUI first (like keepass) cannot be the standard UNIX password manager. Why is that? Unix != lack of UI (NeXT, Solaris, any Unix descendant with a port of CDE), and being GUI first doesn't matter if there is good CLI support.
- torstenvl 4y agoWhat's the percentage of end-user Unix systems with X installed? What's the percentage of end-user Unix systems with Git installed? What's the percentage of KeePass stores that can be used without X? What's the percentage of pass stores that can be used without Git?
- nixpulvis 4y ago1. Without knowing exactly what counts as an "end-user", 15%. This is low for two reasons, 1) because I can SSH into a plethora of non-graphical systems, which I assume are the majority; and 2) just to be difficult and pedantic with the new Wayland systems for example. 2. Should be like 95% ;) 3. Without ever having used KeePass, I'm quite confident of the answer to this one... 100%. Is it officially supported and easy though? 4. Also 100%! But not happily. Sorry, without some additional context I can't really give you satisfying answers I fear.