Once you log into the server, you can run pwman3 by simply typing the command:
thomas@mythbox:~$ pwman3 Pwman3 0.0.6 (c) Ivan Kelly <pwman@bleurgh.com> pwman>
There are a number of commands available, the complete list is at the bottom of this document. If you need help at any time, you can use the help command. The most important commands are:
To create a new password, you will launch the program and then type new and press Enter.
You will be asked a series of questions like this:
pwman> new Username: testusername Password (Blank to generate): testpassword Url: http://online.mun.ca Notes: This is my password for my course Please enter your password: Tags: school otherstuff Password ID: 82 pwman>
All of that is pretty self explanatory.
Adding an entry is fine and good, but it is important to know how to access it again in the future. This is where the list or ls command comes into play.
After launching pwman3, you can type in list or ls to get a list of your passwords.
pwman> list Current tags: None 1. root@work servers work, servers 2. CornMaster@Triorbit website, domain, ... -------------- 77. xymon@Xymon-local personal, xymon, ... 78. admin@Xymon-CGI-Admin personal, xymon 79. thawkins@johnson personal, financi... 80. cornmaster_ezfundraising.ca... personal, website... 81. d2lservices@plaza/blackhawk work, g2b 82. testusername@http://online.... school, otherstuff pwman>
As you can see, I have 82 passwords in my list. If I'm looking for something specific, I can first issue the filter command, and then the list command.
pwman> filter xymon Current tags: xymon pwman> list Current tags: xymon 77. xymon@Xymon-local personal, xymon, ... 78. admin@Xymon-CGI-Admin personal, xymon pwman>
To clear the filter, I issue the clear command.
pwman> clear pwman> list Current tags: None ------
Once you have listed your passwords, and found the ID number of the password you want to view, type in the print command to print out the details.
pwman> print 82 Node 82. Username: testusername Password: testpassword Url: http://online.mun.ca Notes: This is my password for my course Tags: school otherstuff pwman>
If your password/username changes, you will need to use the edit command to update it.
pwman> edit 82 Editing node 82. 1 - Username: testusername 2 - Password: testpassword 3 - Url: http://online.mun.ca 4 - Notes: This is my password for my course 5 - Tags: school otherstuff X - Finish editing Enter your choice: 2 Password (Blank to generate): testpassword2 1 - Username: testusername 2 - Password: testpassword2 3 - Url: http://online.mun.ca 4 - Notes: This is my password for my course 5 - Tags: school otherstuff X - Finish editing Enter your choice: x pwman>
When in edit mode, you need to press the key for the part you want to edit, either 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 depending on what you want to enter.
After making a selection, you will be able to type in a new entry for what you selected. Once you are finished, press Enter. This will return you to the main edit menu. Press X to quit edit mode.
To exit the program, you must type exit and press Enter.
Here is a list of all commands:
pwman> help Documented commands (type help <topic>): ======================================== EOF delete exit filter help list new print save tags clear edit export forget import ls passwd rm set
You can type help filter to find out more about the filter command.
pwman> help filter Usage: filter <tag> ... Filters nodes on tag. Arguments can be zero or more tags. Displays current tags if called without arguments. pwman>
Here is a brief overview of other commands you may need:
pwman> delete 82 Are you sure you want to delete 'testusername@http://online.mun.ca'? [y/N] y testusername@http://online.mun.ca deleted
pwman> tags Tags: stargate, car email shopping cpanel personal personal, tv, bomgar wiki insurance website webhosting webcast websites webtools toyota yahoo bank banner acrobat wordpress work blog creditcard servers server googleapps google api financial sports linux munbldc tax dokuwiki sql xymon hosting machineaccount raritan cpf ascii rlb remotesupport respondus reseller adobe power stream delt government bills studentloan cert airmiles support home homedepot d2l dilbert helix cable ftp domain bldc registration listings g2b bug mpsc mysql hotel games loan digicert no-ip bookmarks, memorial grades2banner hardware survey ssl pwman>