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| author | Thomas Vanbesien <tvanbesi@proton.me> | 2026-05-19 20:58:12 +0200 |
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| committer | Thomas Vanbesien <tvanbesi@proton.me> | 2026-05-19 20:58:12 +0200 |
| commit | e08f1ecdf1135d3efe2bdae392bee731f688f4c6 (patch) | |
| tree | 0ca45510cec93c93062a96a6afa94a5a0cb365ff /.local | |
| parent | 05ce4c66bf98b409282574dc789e0e41e2a6b0bf (diff) | |
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docs: update README
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diff --git a/.local/share/dotfiles/README.md b/.local/share/dotfiles/README.md index 9b35cc7..3cd1772 100644 --- a/.local/share/dotfiles/README.md +++ b/.local/share/dotfiles/README.md @@ -33,15 +33,19 @@ The store is its own git repository, manage it with `pass git ...`, independent These variables must be available for other programs to function. See `man 5 environment.d`. Now reboot. -For browser integration, install the [browserpass][7] extension from the browser's add-on store, then register its -native messaging host (the `browserpass` package is installed by `dotfiles sync`): +## Password management -```bash -make -C /usr/lib/browserpass hosts-firefox-user -``` +For browser integration, install the [browserpass][7] extension from the browser's add-on store. Everything else is +handled by `dotfiles sync`: it installs Firefox and the `browserpass` package, and symlinks the native messaging host +from `/usr/lib/browserpass` into `~/.mozilla/native-messaging-hosts/`. browserpass inherits `PASSWORD_STORE_DIR` automatically because the browser is launched with the `environment.d` -environment — which is exactly why that variable lives there and not in the shell rc. That's it! +environment — which is exactly why that variable lives there and not in the shell rc. + +For Secret Service integration, [pass-secret-service][8] exposes the `org.freedesktop.secrets` D-Bus API backed by the +same `pass` store, so any application that would normally reach for GNOME Keyring or KWallet (NetworkManager secrets, +IDE credential stores, …) reads and writes through `pass` instead. Like browserpass, it inherits `PASSWORD_STORE_DIR` +from the `environment.d` environment. ## Overview @@ -51,6 +55,7 @@ environment — which is exactly why that variable lives there and not in the sh - **File browser**: [ranger][4] - **Text editor**: [nvim][5] - **Password manager**: [pass][6] +- **Secret Service provider**: [pass-secret-service][8] ## Links @@ -62,3 +67,4 @@ environment — which is exactly why that variable lives there and not in the sh [5]: https://neovim.io/ [6]: https://www.passwordstore.org/ [7]: https://github.com/browserpass/browserpass-extension +[8]: https://github.com/grimsteel/pass-secret-service |