1 Password Manager Daemon is a server that provides a way for applications to
2 securely store and retrieve data at a centralized location. The data is stored
3 in an (optionally AES256 encrypted) XML file and clients connect and send
4 commands to manipulate the data. Some of the features include:
6 * Multi-threaded. More than one client may access the data at the same
8 * A key cache so clients won't need to enter a key each time a file is
10 * Key retrieval via pinentry(1).
11 * Configuration file which supports file specific settings including:
12 encryption iterations, cache expiration and encryption key or key file
14 * Compressed data file support.
15 * Logging to file and/or syslog.
16 * Secure memory usage. PWMD will zero out memory before freeing it and
17 also has the option to lock the entire process in RAM to avoid swapping
18 the data to virtual memory.
20 I needed this because I use a few applications that require the same
21 credentials but hate having to update all those configuration files to reflect
22 any changes. This way, there is a central location for the needed data.
26 libpth2 - http://www.gnu.org/software/pth/pth.html
27 Portable multi-threading library.
29 libassuan - http://www.gnupg.org
30 Protocol. Version 1.0.5 or later is required.
32 libgpg-error - http://www.gnupg.org
35 glib2 - http://www.gtk.org
36 Portability library among other things.
38 libxml2 - http://xmlsoft.org
39 For XML parsing and data manipulation.
41 libgcrypt - http://www.gnupg.org
42 Encryption, decryption and hashing.
44 libz - http://www.zlib.net
45 For compressing the data file. Version 1.2.2.1 or later is
48 pinentry - http://www.gnupg.org/aegypten
49 There are various interfaces for password entry:
50 console/curses, X11/GTK2, X11/QT. The X11 versions also
51 support console/curses. Version 0.7.5 or later is required
52 unless --disable-pinentry is passed to ./configure.
54 cracklib2 - http://sourceforge.net/projects/cracklib
55 If --enable-quality is passed to ./configure then a
56 password quality meter is used with pinentry. Optional.
58 You can connect by using socat (http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/) or pwmc (a
59 client included with libpwmd):
61 socat GOPEN:$HOME/.pwmd/socket -
65 echo command | pwmc filename
67 Libpwmd is a library making it easy for applications to use pwmd. You can find
68 it at the pwmd homepage. There are also some patches already written (some
69 could use improvement) for a few apps too.
71 Read COMMANDS for protocol commands and syntax. Feel free to send me any
72 patches, bug reports or feature requests.
76 There is a public GIT repository available at repo.or.cz. Anonymous checkouts
79 git clone git://repo.or.cz/pwmd.git
81 The gitweb interface can be viewed at http://repo.or.cz/w/pwmd.git.
83 Ben Kibbey <bjk@luxsci.net>
84 http://bjk.sourceforge.net/pwmd/