NAME

    Passwd::Keyring::PWSafe3 - Password storage based on Password Safe
    encrypted files

VERSION

    Version 0.2004

SYNOPSIS

    Password Safe implementation of Passwd::Keyring. Passwords are stored
    in the Password Safe (http://passwordsafe.sourceforge.net) encrypted
    file.

    This module does not require Password Safe to be installed, and can be
    used as generic "store many passwords in file encrypted with single
    master password" storage. Password Safe GUI, if installed, may help the
    user to review, modify, or delete saved passwords.

    Note: actual handling of Password Safe format is based on
    Crypt::PWSafe3 module. Passwd::Keyring::PWSafe3 just wraps it into the
    interface compatible with other Passwd::Keyring backends.

        use Passwd::Keyring::PWSafe3;
    
        my $keyring = Passwd::Keyring::PWSafe3->new(
             app=>"blahblah scraper",
             group=>"Johnny web scrapers",
             file=>"/home/joe/secrets.pwsafe3",        # HOME / passwd-keyring.pwsafe3 by default
             master_password=>"very secret password",  # Or callback. See ->new docs below
        );
    
        my $username = "John";  # or get from .ini, or from .argv...
    
        my $password = $keyring->get_password($username, "blahblah.com");
        unless( $password ) {
            $password = <somehow interactively prompt for password>;
    
            # securely save password for future use
            $keyring->set_password($username, $password, "blahblah.com");
        }
    
        login_somewhere_using($username, $password);
        if( password_was_wrong ) {
            $keyring->clear_password($username, "blahblah.com");
        }

    Note: see Passwd::Keyring::Auto::KeyringAPI for detailed comments on
    keyring method semantics (this document is installed with
    Passwd::Keyring::Auto package).

CAVEATS

    Underlying module (Crypt::PWSafe3) in fact rewrites the whole file on
    every save (with the complete password list as read on init). This
    means that any attempts to use the file paralelly from a few programs,
    or from a few objects within one program, are doomed to cause lost
    updates. Also, all passwords from the file are kept in (unprotected)
    memory while keyring object is active. Therefore, it is recommended to
    use separate .psafe3 file for Passwd::Keyring::PWSafe3, not mixing it
    with possibly used normal Password Safe database, and to keep keyring
    object for a short time only, especially if modifications happen.

    There are some limitations in Crypt::PWSafe3 handling of Password Safe
    format. Passwords are read and saved properly and it is possible to
    alternate using them from perl, and via Password Safe GUI, but some
    less important aspects of the format, like password expiraton policy,
    may be ignored. Refer to Crypt::PWSafe3 docs for more details.

DATA MAPPING

    Group name is mapped to Password Safe folder.

    Realm is mapped as password title.

    Username and password are ... well, used as username and password.

SUBROUTINES/METHODS

 new(app=>'app name', group=>'passwords folder', file=>'pwsafe3 file',
 master_password=>'secret or callback', lazy_save=>1)

    Initializes the processing. Croaks if Crypt::PWSafe3 is not installed
    or master password is invalid. May create password file if it is
    missing.

    Handled named parameters:

    - app - symbolic application name (used in password notes)

    - group - name for the password group (used as folder name)

    - file - location of .pwsafe3 file. If not given,
    passwd-keyring.pwsafe3 in user home directory is used. Will be created
    if does not exist. Note: absolute path is required, relative paths are
    very error prone.

    - master_password - password required to unlock the file. Can be
    specified as string, or as callback returning a string (usually some
    way of interactively asking user for the password). The callback gets
    two parameters: app and file.

      If this param is missing, module will prompt interactively for this
      password using console prompt.

    - lazy_save - if given, asks not to save the file after every change
    (saving is fairly time consuming), but only when $keyring->save is
    called or when keyring is destroyed.

    Note: it of course does not make much sense to keep app passwords in
    encrypted storage if master password is saved in plain text. The module
    most natural usage is to interactively ask for master password (and use
    it to protect noticeable number of application-specific passwords).

 set_password(username, password, realm)

    Sets (stores) password identified by given realm for given user

 get_password($user_name, $realm)

    Reads previously stored password for given user in given app. If such
    password can not be found, returns undef.

 clear_password($user_name, $realm)

    Removes given password (if present)

 save

    Saves unsaved changes, if any are present.

    Important only when lazy_save was given in constructor.

 is_persistent

    Returns info, whether this keyring actually saves passwords
    persistently.

    (true in this case)

AUTHOR

    Marcin Kasperski

BUGS

    Please report any bugs or feature requests to issue tracker at
    https://bitbucket.org/Mekk/perl-keyring-pwsafe3.

SUPPORT

    You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

        perldoc Passwd::Keyring::PWSafe3

    You can also look for information at:

    http://search.cpan.org/~mekk/Passwd-Keyring-PWSafe3/

    Source code is tracked at:

    https://bitbucket.org/Mekk/perl-keyring-pwsafe3

LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

    Copyright 2012 Marcin Kasperski.

    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
    under the terms of either: the GNU General Public License as published
    by the Free Software Foundation; or the Artistic License.

    See http://dev.perl.org/licenses/ for more information.