tcosmo / mdp

Small command line utility to fetch passwords on remote SSH hosts

CLI utility to fetch passwords on remote hosts

The utility scans your ssh config then contact each hosts looking for file /base/path/.mdp<id> containing your password on the remote host:

• /base/path is set with --base-path argument, default is home
• <id> is set with --id argument, default is '', i.e. the file name is .mdp

If an host answers positively the script copies the password in your clipboard (or outputs it if -o).

Install

You need python3 on your system (tested on >= 3.8 but probably works with earlier versions too).

If you want a systemwide installation of mdp do:

bash install.sh

Usage

usage: mdp.py [-h] [--id ID] [--base-path BASE_PATH] [--ssh-config SSH_CONFIG]
              [--clipboard-util CLIPBOARD_UTIL] [--output [OUTPUT]]
              [--verbose [VERBOSE]]

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --id ID, -i ID        Identifier resulting in `.mdp<id>` file name, default
                        is ''
  --base-path BASE_PATH, -p BASE_PATH
                        Look for `/base/path/.mdp` on remote host, default is
                        home
  --ssh-config SSH_CONFIG, -s SSH_CONFIG
                        Path to your ssh config, default is ~/.ssh/config
  --clipboard-util CLIPBOARD_UTIL, -u CLIPBOARD_UTIL
                        Clipboard utility to use, default is `xclip -selection
                        c` on nux and `pbclip` on macos
  --output [OUTPUT], -o [OUTPUT]
                        Prints the password instead of putting it to clipboard
  --verbose [VERBOSE], -v [VERBOSE]

Tests

mdp has been tested on:

• Ubuntu 20.04.5 LTS
• macOS 11.6 (M1)