QTPass Guide

QTPass Guide

• Windows 10 is assumed.
• Yubikey 5 smartcard is assumed.
• Key generation is outside the scope of this article.
• Ctrl-S is responsible for making this, but you can join in if you like.

Installation

Download software - git, gpg, qtpass (Preparation for install)

• git
• gpg
• qtpass

TODO

Install software - git, gpg, qtpass

• git
• gpg
• qtpass

TODO

Install using Chocolatey (package manager):

• Install Chocolatey package manager:
  • https://chocolatey.org/install
• Install QTPass package:
  • >choco install qtpass

Configure git

• TODO Git setup

Configure GPG

• TODO Kleopatra setup

Configure QTPass

• Set path to Git executable
• Set path to GPG executable

TODO

Testing QTPass

TODO Create a test entry in a test folder

• TODO

Read back test entry

• TODO

Using a smartcard

TODO yubikey 5 smartcard

Using QTPass

TODO normal basic usage

• Add new password / credentials
• Read saved password / credentials

Migration into QTPass

TODO bulk import of credentials

• Pick a consistant naming & organization scheme

First line should be the password itself (Does QTPass do this for the user?)

• Tools for mass-import

• Manual import

Resolving specific errors

"could not read encryption key to use, .gpg-id file missing or invalid."

• Tracing error cause:

Message originates in either of these two functions:
"void ImitatePass::Insert(QString file, QString newValue, bool overwrite) {"
https://github.com/IJHack/QtPass/blob/8f2b87b36bd74f1c104653bf22150185125c365c/src/imitatepass.cpp#L95
or
"void ImitatePass::reencryptPath(const QString &dir) {"
https://github.com/IJHack/QtPass/blob/8f2b87b36bd74f1c104653bf22150185125c365c/src/imitatepass.cpp#L298

• Resolution: TODO

"fatal: not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git"

• Tracing error cause:

• Resolution: TODO

Handy seeming links

QTPass homepage:

• https://qtpass.org/
• https://github.com/IJHack/QtPass

PWGen-win homepage:

• http://pwgen-win.sourceforge.net/
• https://sourceforge.net/projects/pwgen-win/
• http://pwgen-win.sourceforge.net/downloads.html

Appears to be modern home of Kleopatra / Windows GPG:

• https://gpg4win.org/get-gpg4win.html
• https://gpg4win.org/documentation.html

Appears to be older home of Kleopatra / Windows GPG:

• https://www.openpgp.org/software/kleopatra/
• https://docs.kde.org/stable5/en/pim/kleopatra/index.html

Pass homepage:

• https://www.passwordstore.org/

GoPass homepage (UNMAINTAINED):

• https://github.com/cortex/gopass#readme

Smartcard-related:

• https://developers.yubico.com/PGP/
• https://developers.yubico.com/PGP/Git_signing.html