Password Safe is a password database utility. Like many other such products, commercial and otherwise, it stores your passwords in an encrypted file, allowing you to remember only one password (the “safe combination”), instead of all the username/password combinations that you use.
https://pwsafe.org/quickstart.shtml
user@host:~$ zless /usr/share/doc/passwordsafe/README.txt.gz
| File or Directory | Description |
|---|---|
$HOME/.pwsafe/ | User-specific password safe directory. |
$HOME/.pwsafe/pwsafe.psafe3 | The user's default password database if no other database or location is specified. |
| File or Directory | Description |
|---|---|
$HOME/.pwsafe/pwsafe.cfg | The application's preference file. This file only stores preferences pertaining to appearance, such as last size & location of the application's window, last files opened, etc. |
Manual pages:
user@host:~$ man pwsafe
To install passwordsafe on Debian:
root@host:~$ apt-get update root@host:~$ apt-get -y install passwordsafe
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user@host:~$ pwsafe
Start pwsafe with a configuration file other than the users default configuration file $HOME/.pwsafe/pwsafe.cfg:
user@host:~$ pwsafe -g <config-file> [<database-file>]
Start pwsafe in a read-only mode:
user@host:~$ pwsafe -r [<database-file>]
Perform validity checks against a given password database file in order to ensure its internal consistency. Correct inconsistencies if necessary:
user@host:~$ pwsafe -v <database-file>
Start pwsafe closed, with no initial database opening dialog:
user@host:~$ pwsafe -c
Start pwsafe minimized in the system tray:
user@host:~$ pwsafe -s
Start pwsafe with the two options -c and -s combined:
user@host:~$ pwsafe -m
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