Pwman3 - tutorial ***************** Pwman3 is a text centric password manager, and as such suitable for people wishing to use it over SSH or brail terminals. Pwman3 is launched by typing ``pwman3`` in your shell. Multiple start options are available. You can see them by typing:: $ pwman3 -h For more information see also ``man pwman3``. When started for the first time, ``pwman3`` will create a configuration file and your database (By default an SQLite database called ``pwman.db``) in your home directory under ``.pwman``. Before creating the database you will be asked to enter the master password which will be used to create an encryption key which will be used to encrypt the entries in your database:: $ pwman3 Please type in the master password: Take note of this password! If you forget it, you won't be able to read your password database. Now ``pwman3`` will wait for your input. The user interface is a simple loop waiting for user commands. You can see all the commands by typing:: pwman> help Documented commands (type help ): ======================================== cls delete exit forget list open print copy edit export help new passwd tags Aliases: ======== EOF cp h ls n o p rm Most commands have a single or two letter alias which is easy to remember. As for a start you would probably like to store some passwords in your database, all you need to do is type the command ``new`` (or the alias ``n``), and then insert the information as prompted:: pwman> new Username: oz123 Password: Url: example.org Notes: Your notes Tags: bank private Note the password is typed in without echoing it. Also note that two tags were separated by a space. Now, you can list your database entries with:: pwman> ls ID USER URL TAGS 1 oz123 example.org bank, private After a while you have had many new nodes inserted in your database:: ID USER URL TAGS 1 oz123 example.org bank, private 2 oz123 intranet.workplace.biz work 3 oz123 shopping.com shopping Now searching for a searching entry can become quite tiresome. Hence, you can minimize the number of entries display by applying a filter to the ``list`` command:: pwman> ls work ID USER URL TAGS 2 oz123 intranet.workplace.biz workplace If you don't remember all the tags you created you can list the tags using the command ``tags``:: pwman> tags Tags: bank, private, shopping To see the content of a saved entry, you need to use the ``print`` command:: pwman> print 2 Username: oz123 Password: Org4n7# URL: intranet.workplace.biz Notes: Tags: ['work'] Type Enter to flush screen or wait 5 sec. Notice, that the ``print`` command expects an entry number as an argument. After printing the content of the entry, pwman3 will wait for ``Enter`` to be pressed or 5 seconds until it flushes the screen. This way, unauthorized eyes can not browse your screen and see your password. You can always scroll up to see the printed entry or print it again. If you don't want to type passwords and URLs constantly ``Pwman3`` comes with two shortcut commands. The first shortcut is ``open``, when calling it with an entry number it will open the URL in your default browser:: pwman> open 2 This will open the URL *intranet.workplace.biz*. After opening the browser you can use the ``copy`` command to copy your password to your clipboard. The password will be *erased* from the clipboard after 10 seconds:: pwman> copy 2 erasing in 10 sec... After working with passwords for quite a while you can ``delete`` (or ``rm``) entries or edit them:: pwman> rm 2 Are you sure you want to delete node 2 [y/N]?N pwman> e 2 Editing node 2. 1 - Username: oz123 2 - Password: Org4n7# 3 - Url: intranet.workplace.biz 4 - Notes: 5 - Tags: workplace X - Finish editing Enter your choice: You now know all the basics of using ``pwman3``. If you need more help, try the command ``help`` to see more commands which are not documented here. Alternatively, you can open a ticket in https://github.com/pwman3/pwman3/issues.