of users. pws helps you with the bookkeeping of which keys to encrypt
each file to and provides a convinient wrapper to edit protected files.
+In the intended use the directory with the encrypted passwords would be
+under SCM control and shared with other people who need access.
+
initialization
- ==============
+ --------------
+
First you need a file where your users and group are defined in. This
file is named .users. Lines consist of assignments of the form
<username> = <keyfingerprint>
adding a new file
- =================
+ -----------------
-----------------------------
-# pws ed -n file
+% pws ed -n file
-----------------------------
editing files
Every file needs a header like:
------------------------------
-access: @all
+access: @admins, maxx
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-You can edit the encrypted file with the pws tool: +pwd ed file+.
+You can edit the encrypted file with the pws tool: +pws ed file+.
updating the keyring
- ====================
+ --------------------
If available as .keyring pws instructs GnuPG to use this keyring in
addition to the user's default keyrings. This allows sharing of the