CornEmpire Software » passwordmanagement http://cornempire.net Tidbits about programming, web development, gaming and other random stuff. Sat, 31 Mar 2012 11:43:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Migrating pwman3 Database http://cornempire.net/2009/03/12/migrating-pwman3-database/ http://cornempire.net/2009/03/12/migrating-pwman3-database/#comments Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:21:52 +0000 cornmaster http://www.cornempire.net/?p=109 [...]]]> I recently updated my server and I store a good number of passwords in my pwman database. It is a great little command line program for storing passwords in a secure manner. I do this so that I can log into my machine from anywhere in the world to retrieve passwords if needed, and I’m not tied to a thumb drive that I could lose/break, or a computer that may not have the necessary OS/ports for me to use.

If you need to migrate your database, you can follow these steps:

  1. Grab a copy of your old database. It is usually called pwman.db and is stored in your /home/yourname/.pwman/ If you can’t find it, there is a config file in this directory that will tell you where it is.
  2. Install pwman3 on your new server. (command for Debian based Linux OSes)
    apt-get install pwman3
  3. Run pwman3 and configure the same master password as your old database. (Not sure if this is required, but I thought it was a good idea)
  4. Make a copy of your database, and then put your old one in your new /home/yourname/.pwman/ folder.

The next time you run pwman3, you will have all your old passwords!

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