1 Password Manager Daemon is a server that provides a way to securely store
2 data. The data is saved in an AES256 encrypted XML file. Here are some of the
5 * Shared memory key cache supporting multiple files.
6 * Server configuration file which supports file specific settings
7 including encryption iterations, cache expiration, and encryption key or
9 * Compressed data file support.
10 * Secure memory usage. PWMD will zero out memory before freeing it.
12 I needed this because I use a few applications that require the same
13 credentials but hate having to update all those configuration files to reflect
14 any changes in the account. This way, there is a central location for the
19 libassuan - http://www.gnupg.org
22 libgpg-error - http://www.gnupg.org
25 glib2 - http://www.gtk.org
26 Portability library among other things.
28 libxml2 - http://xmlsoft.org
29 For XML parsing and data manipulation.
31 libgcrypt - http://www.gnupg.org
32 Encryption, decryption and hashing.
34 libz - http://www.zlib.net
35 For compressing the data file. Optional.
37 Debian has packages for all of these. Your distro may have them too.
39 You can test it out by connecting to the socket with the socat utility
40 (http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/). Start the daemon then run socat:
42 socat GOPEN:$HOME/.pwmd/socket -
44 There is a library available (see below) that makes it easy for other
45 applications (mail, www, etc) to use the server. A command line client is
46 included that reads protocol commands from stdin and handles password
49 The latest version of the server and library can be found at
50 http://bjk.sourceforge.net/pwmd/.
52 Read COMMANDS for protocol commands and syntax. Send me patches or any ideas
55 Ben Kibbey <bjk@luxsci.net>