There are a myriad ways to store passwords to different online accounts. Some users prefer the simplicity and convenience of browser extensions that do this job. There are also those that use a text file as a repository and others still who prefer to use a desktop password manager. There are obvious disadvantages to using the former two solutions. Thankfully, there are a vast number of password managers that you can use on the Linux desktop.
The relatively new utility pa is inspired by another command-line password manager named pash (), but while the latter uses GPG to encrypt the passwords to keep) to secure your passwords. While pa can be used to merely store passwords, it also boasts of a password generator that can help you create complex passwords with ease. The obvious advantage being that you won’t have to memorise the 50-letter alpha-numeric password it coughs up for you.
