KEYRING

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NAME

keyring - Python-Keyring command-line utility

SYNOPSIS

keyring [,get|set|del/] ,SERVICE USERNAME/

OPTIONS

-h, --help: Show the help message and exit.
-p KEYRING_PATH, --keyring-path=,KEYRING_PATH/: Specify path to the keyring backend to use.
-b KEYRING_BACKEND, --keyring-backend=,KEYRING_BACKEND/: Specify name of the keyring backend to use.
--list-backends: List the available keyring backends and exit.
--disable: Create a configuration file disabling keyring and exit.

DESCRIPTION

keyring provides a way to store, lookup and delete passwords in various backends supported by Python-Keyring.

Usage example:

$ keyring set service username
Password for 'username' in 'service':
$ keyring get service username
password

How the ,SERVICE/ and ,USERNAME/ parameters are handled depends on the backend, with the default Secret Service backend they are stored as item lookup attributes.