---
name: "nss-passwords"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "nss-passwords"
version: "0.6-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/nss-passwords"
---

# nss-passwords(1)

read passwords from Mozilla keyrings from command line

## NAME

nss-passwords - read passwords from Mozilla keyrings from command line

## SYNOPSIS

**nss-passwords** \[*options*\] *query*

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **nss-passwords** command.

**nss-passwords** is a program that reads passwords from keyrings used by Mozilla products, like Firefox and Thunderbird. It can run entirely in text mode. *query* is a string that will be looked for in the hostname entries of the keyring.

## OPTIONS

- **-d *dir***

  Profile directory. By default, Firefox default profile is guessed.

- **-p *prog***

  Program used to ask for a password. By default, **pinentry**(1) is used.

- **-help, --help**

  Show summary of options.

## SEE ALSO

**pinentry**(1).

## AUTHOR

nss-passwords was written by Stéphane Glondu \<steph@glondu.net\>.