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Pwman3 - tutorial
*****************
Pwman3 is a text centric password manager, and as such suitable for people wishing
to use it over SSH or brail terminals.
Pwman3 is launched by typing ``pwman3`` in your shell. Multiple start options are
available. You can see them by typing::
$ pwman3 -h
For more information see also ``man pwman3``.
When started for the first time, ``pwman3`` will create a configuration file
and your database (By default an SQLite database called ``pwman.db``) in your
home directory under ``.pwman``.
Before creating the database you will be asked to enter the master password which
will be used to create an encryption key which will be used to encrypt the entries
in your database::
$ pwman3
Please type in the master password:
Take note of this password! If you forget it, you won't be able to read your password
database.
Now ``pwman3`` will wait for your input. The user interface is
a simple loop waiting for user commands. You can see all the commands by typing::
pwman> help
Documented commands (type help <topic>):
========================================
cls delete exit forget list open print
copy edit export help new passwd tags
Aliases:
========
EOF cp h ls n o p rm
Most commands have a single or two letter alias which is easy to remember.
As for a start you would probably like to store some passwords in your database, all
you need to do is type the command ``new`` (or the alias ``n``), and then insert the information
as prompted::
pwman> new
Username: oz123
Password:
Url: example.org
Notes: Your notes
Tags: bank, private, my tag
Note the password is typed in without echoing it. Also note that two tags were
separated by a space. Now, you can list your database entries with:
pwman> ls
ID USER URL TAGS
1 oz123 example.org bank, private, my tag
After a while you have had many new nodes inserted in your database::
ID USER URL TAGS
1 oz123 example.org bank, private, my tag
2 oz123 intranet.workplace.biz work
3 oz123 shopping.com shopping
Now searching for a searching entry can become quite tiresome. Hence, you can
minimize the number of entries display by applying a filter to the ``list``
command::
pwman> ls work
ID USER URL TAGS
2 oz123 intranet.workplace.biz workplace
If you don't remember all the tags you created you can list the tags using the
command ``tags``::
pwman> tags
Tags:
bank,
private,
shopping
To see the content of a saved entry, you need to use the ``print`` command::
pwman> print 2
Username: oz123
Password: Org4n7#
URL: intranet.workplace.biz
Notes:
Tags: 'work'
Type Enter to flush screen or wait 5 sec.
You can also search an entry by typing part of the URL::
pwman> ls u:twit
ID USER URL TAGS
115 oz123@mymail.com twitter.com web
Notice, that the ``print`` command expects an entry number as an argument.
After printing the content of the entry, pwman3 will wait for ``Enter`` to be
pressed or 5 seconds until it flushes the screen. This way, unauthorized eyes
can not browse your screen and see your password. You can always scroll up to
see the printed entry or print it again.
If you don't want to type passwords and URLs constantly ``Pwman3`` comes with
two shortcut commands. The first shortcut is ``open``, when calling it with
an entry number it will open the URL in your default browser::
pwman> open 2
This will open the URL *intranet.workplace.biz*. After opening the browser you can use the ``copy`` command to copy your password
to your clipboard. The password will be *erased* from the clipboard after 10
seconds::
pwman> copy 2
erasing in 10 sec...
After working with passwords for quite a while you can ``delete`` (or ``rm``)
entries or edit them::
pwman> rm 2
Are you sure you want to delete node 2 [y/N]?N
pwman> e 2
Editing node 2.
1 - Username: oz123
2 - Password: Org4n7#
3 - Url: intranet.workplace.biz
4 - Notes:
5 - Tags: workplace
X - Finish editing
Enter your choice:
You now know all the basics of using ``pwman3``. If you need more help, try
the command ``help`` to see more commands which are not documented here.
Alternatively, you can open a ticket in https://github.com/pwman3/pwman3/issues.
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