Re: Password Storage

[Ayaz Ahmed Khan <ayaz () pakcon org>]

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Robert Larsen typed:
> I have a USB stick with all my passwords in an encrypted text
> file. I then use this bash function (or type the commands myself)
> for reading or changing the list:
>
> VimPasswords(){
>    TEMPFILE1=/tmp/blar8937p
>    TEMPFILE2=/tmp/blar8937q
>    if [ ! -f /media/usb/Docs/passwords.txt.gpg ]; then
>        echo "No password file. USB stick not mounted ?"
>        return
>    fi
>
>    gpg -o $TEMPFILE1 /media/usb/Docs/passwords.txt.gpg
>    if [ "$?" != "0" ]; then
>        return
>    fi
>    cp $TEMPFILE1 $TEMPFILE2
>
>    vim $TEMPFILE1
>    diff $TEMPFILE1 $TEMPFILE2 >/dev/null 2>&1
>    if [ "$?" != "0" ]; then
>        #The file has changed. Reencrypt it.
>        CODE=1
>        while [ "$CODE" != "0" ]; do
>            gpg -o /media/usb/Docs/passwords.txt.gpg --symmetric $TEMPFILE1
>            CODE=$?
>        done
>    fi
>    wipe $TEMPFILE1 $TEMPFILE2
> }
>
> This could probably be coded better but it works for me.
> gpg exists for both Unix and Windows.

Handy script, Robert. I keep my passwords in several plain-text files
which I store encrypted. The passphrase I use to encrypt the files is
scarily difficult to remember, and I often fear the day I forget it.

- -- 
Ayaz Ahmed Khan

There's too much beauty upon this earth for lonely men to bear.
                -- Richard Le Gallienne

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