fpm2(1)

📦 version 0.90.2, in fedora 43, fedora 44, nixos 26.05, nixpkgs unstable

✨ fpm2 — Figaro´s Password Manager 2 ✨

okay bestie, so this is the manual page for fpm2 (that's fpm2(1) if you're being formal 💅) and honestly? it's giving secure little vault energy and i'm obsessed. let's get into it 🫶

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

fpm2 is a GUI password manager built on the GTK3 libraries. your passwords get encrypted with the AES-256 GCM algorithm — that's the good stuff, no cap 🔥🔐

✨ OPTIONS ✨

  • -f filename — use a different file to store fpm data. bestie, it must include the directory where the file is stored, don't be out here giving it a bare filename 🙈
  • -t — start fpm2 hidden in the tray. it will not ask for a password on startup. sneaky, lowkey, iconic 💅

🦋 USAGE 🦋

launchers

you can define arbitrary launchers so that programmes get automatically launched with parameters pulled straight from the password entry. like, imagine:

xterm -title $u@$a -e ssh -X $a -l $u.

the possible variables are:

  • $a — an arbitrary argument associated with the password entry — typically a hostname 🌐
  • $u — the username associated with the password entry 👤
  • $p — the password associated with the password entry 🔑

on-the-fly categories

each password entry can belong to a category, and the category is generated just by naming it in at least one entry. that's it. that's the whole mechanic. so effortless, so main character 🎀

password generation

fpm2 will generate passwords for you, periodt. up to 24 characters, with boolean choices for:

  • lowercase
  • uppercase
  • numbers
  • symbols
  • ambiguous characters (eg. O and 0 — the classic jump-scare pair 😭)

🔥 SECURITY 🔥

bestie. listen. using the $p variable means your password ends up in .bash_history in addition to being visible by ps aux! that is not the vibe. that is the opposite of the vibe. 💀

so, to work around this problem conveniently, fpm2 can have your password copied to your primary selection, so you can easily paste it wherever you need it. then your password should be as secured as your transport. 🧚✨

GNU GPL (GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE) Version 2, or (at your option) any later version.

the licence text is available on any Debian GNU/Linux system in:

/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL

💜 AUTHOR 💜

  • John Conneely <jconneely@figaro.org>
  • Aleš Koval <als@regnet.cz>

this manual page was written by Lars Bahner <bahner@debian.org> for the Debian GNU/Linux system. 🫶

and that's the whole page, bestie!! 🌈⭐ this came from the Debian GNU/Linux crew, dated sep 12 2017, so go forth and encrypt responsibly — mwah 💖🎀🦋

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