[Discuss] Password managers

[Rich Pieri]

On Tue, 12 May 2020 13:13:26 -0400
Daniel Barrett <dbarrett at blazemonger.com> wrote:

> Here's a scenario. I maintain a dozen MediaWiki sites, and each one
> includes 1-2 mySQL passwords and several wiki user passwords. How
> would you handle this situation with multiple, separately encrypted
> password files?  With a single password file, I can decrypt to stdout
> and grep for strings.

One way is to use directories to organize files by logins. Something
like this perhaps:

password-store
  root
    machine1
    machine2
    machine3
  sql
    machine1
    machine2
    machine3
  wikiuser
    machine1
    machine2
    machine3

The initial setup might be a little cumbersome but finding a known
account on a known machine requires no searching.

-- 
Rich Pieri