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.

SEE ALSO¶

secret-tool(1)