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KEYRING

NAME
SYNOPSIS
OPTIONS
DESCRIPTION
SEE ALSO

NAME

keyring - Python-Keyring command-line utility

SYNOPSIS

keyring [ OPTIONS ] [ get|set|del|diagnose ] 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.

--mode {password,creds}

Specify mode for get operation. password requires a username and will return only the password. creds does not require a username and will return both the username and password separated by a newline. Default is password .

--output {plain,json}

Specify output format for get operation. Default is plain .

--print-completion {bash,zsh,tcsh}

Print shell completion script.

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)