secret-tool

Table of Contents

1. Description

secret-tool is a command line tool that can be used to store and retrieve passwords

2. Store new password

The password to store will be prompted for and only one line will be accepted

secret-tool store --label='Password for xyz' key1 value1 key2 value2

3. Retrieve password

secret-tool lookup type key1

4. Search by key value

secret-tool search --all type key2

5. Use case for Profanity

Using secret-tool to retrieve password from keyring on Profanity

/account set <USER> eval_password "secret-tool lookup user alan type chat"

6. References