Pass - ArchWiki

# Pass

pass is a simple password manager for the command line. Passwords are stored inside gpg encrypted files in a simple directory tree structure. pass is a shell script that makes use of existing tools like gnupg, pwgen, tree and git.

## Installation

Install the pass package.

## Basic usage

Note: To be able to use pass, set up GnuPG.

To initialize the password store:

    $ pass init <gpg-id or email>

To create a new password, first provide a descriptive hierarchical name. In this example, this is archlinux.org/wiki/username.

    $ pass insert archlinux.org/wiki/username

To get a view of the password store do the following. Not the example output which shows the hiearchy we just created.

    $ pass

    Password Store
    └── archlinux.org
        └── wiki
            └── username

To generate a new random password for the above example, do the following, where `n` is the desired password length as a number:

    $ pass generate archlinux.org/wiki/username n

To retreive a password, enter the gpg passphrase at the following prompt, again using the same hierarchical example name from above:

    $ pass archlinux.org/wiki/username

Users of Xorg with xclip installed can retrieve the password directly onto the clipboard temporarily (*e.g.,* to paste into web forms). To do so, do the following (again with the same example hierarchical name from above):

    $ pass -c archlinux.org/wiki/username

Note: Users preferring the classical middle-click/paste can add the following to their respective ~/.shellrc for this behavior: `export PASSWORD_STORE_X_SELECTION=primary`

## Migrating to pass

There are multiple scripts listed on the pass-project page to import passwords from other programs

## GUI

There is now a stable release of qtpass available on the AUR.

## See also

- A more comprehensive pass tutorial

Category:

- Security