Bug#506255: GNOME Keyring should include a command-line query tool

[Richard Laager]

Package: gnome-keyring
Severity: wishlist
Tags: upstream patch

I would like a command-line tool to get and set passwords from the
keyring included in the gnome-keyring package.

The attached program does this. It is public domain; it was declared as
such in the Gentoo wiki article where I got it.

I wrote the attached manual page as I wanted to package this up for
Debian. (See my ITP, bug #505633.) It's currently GPL v2-or-later. If
the packaging for gnome-keyring is different, I'm open to relicensing;
just ask.

I've filed a request upstream to include this:
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=561582

Thanks,
Richard
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.TH gnome-keyring-query 1 "November 13, 2008"
.SH NAME
\fBgnome-keyring-query\fP \- Command\-line utility for querying GNOME Keyring
.SH SYNOPSIS
.TP 5
\fBgnome-keyring-query\fR \fImode\fR \fIname\fR

.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
\fBgnome-keyring-query\fR is a small, simple command-line utility for setting
and getting passwords from GNOME Keyring.  It is useful in shell scripts.

\fBgnome-keyring-query\fR may be used as follows:
.RS
.br
.BI "gnome-keyring-query " "mode name"
.RE
.PP
If \fImode\fR is get, the password identified by the \fIname\fR key is returned
on stdout.
.PP
If \fImode\fR is set, the password read from stdin is saved to the keyring
under the \fIname\fR key.

.SH AUTHOR
\fBgnome-keyring-query\fR was written by "Koster".
.PP
This manual page was written by Richard Laager <rlaager at wiktel.com>,
for the Debian project (but may be used by others).
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