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sw:passwordsafe:intro [2017/09/11 19:30] – Frank Fegertsw:passwordsafe:intro [2017/09/12 05:13] (current) – Frank Fegert
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 ====== Introduction ====== ====== Introduction ======
  
-FIXME+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.
  
 ====== Links ====== ====== Links ======
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 ===== General ===== ===== General =====
  
-[[https://pwsafe.org/]\\+[[https://pwsafe.org/]]\\
  
 ====== Docs ====== ====== Docs ======
  
-FIXME+[[https://pwsafe.org/quickstart.shtml]]
  
-====== Files and Directories ======+<cli> 
 +user@host:~$ zless /usr/share/doc/passwordsafe/README.txt.gz 
 +</cli>
  
-FIXME+====== Files and Directories ======
  
 ===== General Files and Directories ===== ===== General Files and Directories =====
  
-FIXME+^ 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.   |
  
 ===== Configuration Files ===== ===== Configuration Files =====
  
-FIXME+^ 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.  |
  
 ====== Getting Help ====== ====== Getting Help ======
- 
-FIXME 
  
 Manual pages:  Manual pages: 
  
 <cli> <cli>
-user@host:~$ +user@host:~$ man pwsafe
 </cli> </cli>
  
 ====== Install ====== ====== Install ======
  
-FIXME +To install //passwordsafe// on Debian: 
- +
-To install //// on Debian: +
  
 <cli> <cli>
-root@host:~$ +root@host:~$ apt-get update 
 +root@host:~$ apt-get -y install passwordsafe
 </cli>  </cli> 
  
 ====== Configuration ====== ====== Configuration ======
  
-FIXME+None
  
 ====== Usage ====== ====== Usage ======
  
-FIXME+===== General Usage =====
  
-===== Status Check =====+<cli> 
 +user@host:~$ pwsafe 
 +</cli>
  
-FIXME+===== Command Line Parameters =====
  
-To check the status of ////: +Start //pwsafe// with a configuration file other than the users default configuration file ''$HOME/.pwsafe/pwsafe.cfg'':
  
 <cli> <cli>
-root@host:~$ +user@host:~$ pwsafe -g <config-file> [<database-file>]
 </cli> </cli>
 +
 +Start //pwsafe// in a read-only mode:
 +
 +<cli>
 +user@host:~$ pwsafe -r [<database-file>]
 +</cli>
 +
 +Perform validity checks against a given password database file in order to ensure its internal consistency. Correct inconsistencies if necessary:
 +
 +<cli>
 +user@host:~$ pwsafe -v <database-file>
 +</cli>
 +
 +Start //pwsafe// closed, with no initial database opening dialog:
 +
 +<cli>
 +user@host:~$ pwsafe -c
 +</cli>
 +
 +Start //pwsafe// minimized in the system tray:
 +
 +<cli>
 +user@host:~$ pwsafe -s
 +</cli>
 +
 +Start //pwsafe// with the two options ''-c'' and ''-s'' combined:
 +
 +<cli>
 +user@host:~$ pwsafe -m
 +</cli>
 +
 +===== Status Check =====
 +
 +None
  
 ====== Recipies ====== ====== Recipies ======

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