Here's a few tips on using the Linux Keyring.

• secret-tool
• keyring

Python-Keyring command-line utility: https://pypi.org/project/keyring/

• sudo apt install python3-keyring

You can set/get entries from a Python script or from the Python terminal

keyring.set_password("system", "username", "password")

# Same as above but ask for the password
keyring.set_password('twitter', 'xkcd', getpass.getpass())

keyring.get_password("system", "username")

You can set/get entries directly from the command line or from bash scripts, etc.

keyring --help
keyring set SERVICE USERNAME
keyring get SERVICE USERNAME
keyring del SERVICE USERNAME

The commands above will set the following attributes on an entry:

• For example, running:
  • keyring set twitter chuckn246
• Will create an entry with the Title:
  • Password for 'chuckn246' on 'twitter'
• Will set these attributes on the entry:
  • application: Python keyring library
  • service: twitter
  • username: chuckn246

• Note that the attribute username is different than the entry UserName (Note capitalization).

  secret-tool search service twitter
  [/org/freedesktop/secrets/collection/TestDB/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
  label = Password for 'chuckn246' on 'twitter'
  secret = twitterpassword
  created = 2020-05-08 22:17:06
  modified = 2020-05-08 22:17:06
  schema = (null)
  attribute.Path = /Password for 'chuckn246' on 'twitter'
  attribute.Uuid = 3174d145b5e74435ab15cf45a5d805cb
  attribute.UserName = chuck
  attribute.service = twitter
  attribute.URL = 
  attribute.Notes = 
  attribute.application = Python keyring library
  attribute.username = chuckn246
  attribute.Title = Password for 'chuckn246' on 'twitter'