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The author of this article uses pass [1] for password management. I'm the author of pass, if anyone here has any questions. [1] http://www.zx2c4.com/projects/p

by zx2c4 13y ago

The author of this article uses pass [1] for password management. I'm the author of pass, if anyone here has any questions. [1] http://www.zx2c4.com/projects/password-store/ http://www.zx2c4.com/projects/password-store/

marcuskaz 13y ago
great tool, thanks!
illbert 13y ago
Just added it to my cli toolbelt, thanks!
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dnr 13y ago
I've been using it for a while, thanks! I had my own cli-based password manager, but yours is simpler and better. I've made a few tiny hacks to make it work better for me: - add a default length to the generate command - allow abbreviating 'generate' as 'gen' - default to copying to clipboard instead of stdout - use xsel instead of xclip (no real reason except I already had it installed everywhere)
616c 13y ago
I eventually want to make a GUI equivalent as I learn to program, and had some other ideas that you have inspired as I try to get back to programming. THANK YOU! I love your tool and it is one of my favorite tools. I check your git for other cool stuff as I stumbled upon your stuff many times. Question: would you want to add a parameter to escape non-aplhanumeric characters? It took me a while of playing to figure out how to get mutt to handle my very complex IMAP passwords. For anyone who cares, I do it with sed. set my_pass=`pass email/this@email.org | sed 's/[[:punct:]]/\\&/g'` #
- ygra 13y ago
  Random question (I have no clue of mutt or Unix shells (the code there looks like one)): But isn't that a problem of the receiving application? You can't really ask every single application that outputs text to sprout arguments to support every possible escaping that might be needed eventually. And whatever comes out of the `foo` part shouldn't be interpreted or parsed anyway, right?
- aidenn0 13y ago
  how about set my_pass="`pass email/this@email.org`" [edit] Looks like this is a muttrc line not a sh line. Sadly I don't think muttrc supports the far superior $() expansion..
  - 616c 13y ago
    I tried this and it does not work. And yes, mutt does not support $() escaping.
johnchristopher 13y ago
> The author of this article uses pass [1] for password management. I'm the author of pass, if anyone here has any questions. Ah! I installed pass a few days ago! I was wondering why you decided to use gpg to encrypt instead of mcrypt (which would be "easier" to set up for the casual end-user since he'd only need a password and not a keys) ? I also wished you could post your cgit.conf because I remember having troubles achieving something with mine but now I can't remember what. Well. Also, are you involved with http://git.zx2c4.com/pulseaudio-raop2/ http://git.zx2c4.com/pulseaudio-raop2/ ? If so: any chances of progress being made in the near future ?
ghoul2 13y ago
Whoa, fancy seeing you here. pass is pretty much the ONLY password manager I have actually found useful, and I have tried a LOT of them. I wrote about it here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7175888 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7175888 Also, I have a personal use "fork" (scare quotes cause its not really a fork, just an personal work-in-progress) on github: https://github.com/abgoyal/password-store2 https://github.com/abgoyal/password-store2 Its an attempt to fix the "leak" of sitenames/usernames I talked about in the HN thread linked above. I am sorry, I have not gotten around to fixing the READMEs etc yet. Is this something you would be interested in merging? In any case, big thanks for making "pass". Its a pleasure to use.
patrikj 13y ago
Great tool! I found out about it just now from the article. Any thoughts of cross platform compatibility for the future? I find one of the best features of KeePass is the fact that it can be used on all my computers (even the ones not running Linux).

by zx2c4 13y ago

marcuskaz 13y ago

great tool, thanks!

illbert 13y ago

Just added it to my cli toolbelt, thanks!

deleted 13y ago

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dnr 13y ago

I've been using it for a while, thanks! I had my own cli-based password manager, but yours is simpler and better. I've made a few tiny hacks to make it work better for me: - add a default length to the generate command - allow abbreviating 'generate' as 'gen' - default to copying to clipboard instead of stdout - use xsel instead of xclip (no real reason except I already had it installed everywhere)

616c 13y ago

I eventually want to make a GUI equivalent as I learn to program, and had some other ideas that you have inspired as I try to get back to programming. THANK YOU! I love your tool and it is one of my favorite tools. I check your git for other cool stuff as I stumbled upon your stuff many times. Question: would you want to add a parameter to escape non-aplhanumeric characters? It took me a while of playing to figure out how to get mutt to handle my very complex IMAP passwords. For anyone who cares, I do it with sed. set my_pass=`pass email/this@email.org | sed 's/[[:punct:]]/\\&/g'` #

ygra 13y ago
Random question (I have no clue of mutt or Unix shells (the code there looks like one)): But isn't that a problem of the receiving application? You can't really ask every single application that outputs text to sprout arguments to support every possible escaping that might be needed eventually. And whatever comes out of the `foo` part shouldn't be interpreted or parsed anyway, right?
aidenn0 13y ago
how about set my_pass="`pass email/this@email.org`" [edit] Looks like this is a muttrc line not a sh line. Sadly I don't think muttrc supports the far superior $() expansion..
- 616c 13y ago
  I tried this and it does not work. And yes, mutt does not support $() escaping.

johnchristopher 13y ago

> The author of this article uses pass [1] for password management. I'm the author of pass, if anyone here has any questions. Ah! I installed pass a few days ago! I was wondering why you decided to use gpg to encrypt instead of mcrypt (which would be "easier" to set up for the casual end-user since he'd only need a password and not a keys) ? I also wished you could post your cgit.conf because I remember having troubles achieving something with mine but now I can't remember what. Well. Also, are you involved with http://git.zx2c4.com/pulseaudio-raop2/ http://git.zx2c4.com/pulseaudio-raop2/ ? If so: any chances of progress being made in the near future ?

ghoul2 13y ago

Whoa, fancy seeing you here. pass is pretty much the ONLY password manager I have actually found useful, and I have tried a LOT of them. I wrote about it here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7175888 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7175888 Also, I have a personal use "fork" (scare quotes cause its not really a fork, just an personal work-in-progress) on github: https://github.com/abgoyal/password-store2 https://github.com/abgoyal/password-store2 Its an attempt to fix the "leak" of sitenames/usernames I talked about in the HN thread linked above. I am sorry, I have not gotten around to fixing the READMEs etc yet. Is this something you would be interested in merging? In any case, big thanks for making "pass". Its a pleasure to use.

patrikj 13y ago

Great tool! I found out about it just now from the article. Any thoughts of cross platform compatibility for the future? I find one of the best features of KeePass is the fact that it can be used on all my computers (even the ones not running Linux).