[ale] How do you store your passwords?

James Sumners james.sumners at gmail.com
Fri Nov 9 15:24:07 EST 2007


I don't know. I've never used GPG. I was just answering the "how do I
use it on multiple platforms with a USB key?" question.

If you're going to store your passwords in a text file then you should
encrypt the file. Particularly if you are going to store it on a USB
key.

On 11/9/07, Paul Cartwright <ale at pcartwright.com> wrote:
> this is like building a new Fort Knox to store my local passwords...
> but seriously is this all command-line STUFF to encrypt/decrypt a file with
> passwords, using your private gpg key?? man gpg doesn't give my much of a
> hint on this..

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