---
name: "clivepass"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "clive-utils"
version: "2.1.6-1"
release: "Debian 6.0 (Squeeze)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/clivepass"
---

# clivepass(1)

the login password utility for clive

## NAME

clivepass - the login password utility for clive

## SYNOPSIS

clivepass \[option\]...

## DESCRIPTION

clivepass is a replacement for stored plain-text website login passwords used with [*clive*(1)](/clive/1.md). It keeps website login passwords encrypted in a repository file that can be accessed with a global passphrase. Typically these login passwords are passed in plain-text form to [*clive*(1)](/clive/1.md) on command line or from a config file.

Note that even though the passwords are encrypted on disk, they are passed in plain-text over the network. This means the passwords are still visible to anyone intercepting the network traffic.

Historically, a similar utility existed as part of clive 1.0 but was removed in clive 2.0 and later rewritten in Perl as part of the **clive-utils** project which is a set of additional utilities for [*clive*(1)](/clive/1.md).

## OPTIONS

- **-h --help**

  Show help and exit.

- **-v --version**

  Show version and exit.

- **-c --create**

  Create a new passwd file. See also "FILES".

- **-a --add=***username*

  Add a new login for *username*.

- **-e --edit=***username*

  Change login password for *username*.

- **-g --get=***username*

  Dump *username* decrypted login password to stdout.

- **-s --show**

  Dump all saved login usernames to stdout.

- **-d --delete=***username*

  Delete *username* from passwd file.

## EXAMPLES

- Create new password repository file:

  % clivepass -c

- Add "myusername" to the repository:

  % clivepass -a myusername

  Note that "myusername" should be the login username for the website.

- Get login password for "myusername":

  % clivepass -g myusername

  There is a more comprehensive example of [*clive*(1)](/clive/1.md) using [*clivepass*(1)](/clivepass/1.md) in the [*clive*(1)](/clive/1.md) manual page.

## FILES

clivepass searches the ~/.config/clive-utils directory for the config file. You can override this by setting the **CLIVEPASS\_HOME** environment variable.

- \~/.config/clive-utils/passwd

  Password file. Contains the salted passphrase hash and login usernames and encrypted passwords.

## SEE ALSO

[*clive*(1)](/clive/1.md) [*clivescan*(1)](/clivescan/1.md) [*clivefeed*(1)](/clivefeed/1.md)

## OTHER

Project page:\
   \<http://googlecode.com/p/clive-utils/\>

Development repository can be cloned with:\
   % git clone git://repo.or.cz/clive-utils.git

For release announcements, subscribe to the project at:\
   \<http://freshmeat.net/projects/clive-utils/\>

## AUTHOR

Written by Toni Gundogdu \<legatvs@gmail.com\>