pwsafe

NAME

SYNOPSIS

pwsafe [ -c config_file ] user@system

AVAILABILITY

DESCRIPTION

OPTIONS

-h

print usage message.

-c config_file

edrc configuration file, see edrc.cfg(4) for more information.

This is to locate the password safe file within the related recovery tree.

user@system

the user on the related system or application to be queried.

ENVIRONMENT

$PWSAFE_MASTERPASSWORD

This environment variable must be set to the master password of the password safe to be able to query an encrypted password safe.

Be careful on how to handle the master password:

When writing a script accessing the pwsafe never supply the master password thru a command line option due to the fact that any user on the system would be able to see the password using the ps -ef command.

Therefore only use environment variables to pass the password around.

In addition the password shall not be saved in clear text.

EXIT STATUS

0

no error.

1

wrong master password.

2

operating system not supported.

4

usage message printed.

5

pwsafe aborted.

6

the given config_file does not exist in the edrc/etc/ directory.

7

the SCRIPTS_BASEDIR as defined in config_file does not exist.

8

permission denied to read password safe file.

9

CRYPT_MODE as defined for contrib.pwsafe(1m) is not supported on the system.

11

temporary directory could not be claimed or created in /var/tmp. Check the system temporary directory /var/tmp if you get this error, it is an indicator of system intrusion.

99

the CRYPT_MODE as defined for contrib.pwsafe(1m) is not implemented, yet.

FILES

pwsafe.dat

password safe file in a recovery script tree referenced by the config_file.

edrc/etc/contrib.edrc.pwsafe.cfg

optional configuration file of the contributed command contrib.pwsafe(1m).

EXAMPLES

1) using pwsafe in a script

A simple script sniplet to show how to use the pwsafe usage:

  #!/bin/ksh

  :
  :
  PWSAFE_MASTERPASSWORD=enigma
  export PWSAFE_MASTERPASSWORD

  appadm_password=`~edrc/lib/pwsafe appadmin@WEBAPP`
  appsys_password=`~edrc/lib/pwsafe system@acme007`
  :
  :

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This is free software; see edrc/doc/COPYING for copying conditions. There is ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.