Security News > 2022 > April > How to safely store passwords on a Linux server

How many times have you been working on a Linux server and wished you had the means to safely store passwords? Having such a feature available to your headless servers would be such a time saver.

SEE: Password breach: Why pop culture and passwords don't mix.

Using the pass command, we can create directories to house related passwords.

Let's say you want to first create a directory to house passwords for websites and the first entry will be for TechRepublic.

The caveat is that you should always remember to run the gpg-connect-agent command before you log out of your SSH session, otherwise the password will remain cached for a while, and someone might be able to then log into your server with your credentials and steal your password.

That's all there is to safely store passwords on a headless Linux server with GnuPG and the pass command.

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