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The extension does not keep the password in the memory.\nIt rather uses SessionID generated by the Bitwarden CLI client.\n\n## Requirements\n\n- Install a recent version of [Bitwarden CLI](https://github.com/bitwarden/clients/tree/master/apps/cli)\n- Make sure you can execute `bw` in a terminal\n\n## Installation\n\nOpen Ulauncher preferences window -\u003e Extensions -\u003e \"Add extension\" and paste the following url:\n\n```\nhttps://github.com/kbialek/ulauncher-bitwarden\n```\n\n## Configuration\n\n- `Bitwarden Server Url`\n- `User e-mail address`\n- `Enable MFA login` - if you use MFA authentication with your Bitwarden account select `yes`, otherwise leave `no` \n- `Inactivity lock timeout` - forces you to re-enter the passphrase after you haven't used the extension for a while. By default it's set to 300 seconds (5 minutes). If you'd rather not re-enter it, you can set the value to 0, but that's probably not a great idea. NOTE: The cached passphrase is only stored in memory, so you'll need to re-enter it if you reboot your computer or restart Ulauncher.\n- `Session store command` - optional command called after successful login or unlock. Bitwarden session key is passed over stdin. \nYou can use it to run a command which will store session key in \"some\" secure location, \nand later read the session key when directly calling `bw` in the cli. \nIt's totally up to you how and where you will store the session key.\n\n## Usage\n\nOpen Ulauncher and type in \"bw \" to start the extension. If your password database is locked with a passphrase, it'll ask you to enter it:\n\n![Unlock Database](images/screenshots/unlock-database.png)\n\nOnce unlocked, search the database for \"mail\" logins:\n\n![Search](images/screenshots/search1.png)\n\nLook at the `GMail` entry:\n\n![Entry details](images/screenshots/details1.png)\n\n## Exporting Session Key\nThe extension keeps the session key in memory. This is a problem when one wants to use `bw` directly from the\ncommand line. Vault must be unlocked and bw-cli creates a new session key and at this same time invalidates \nthe session key stored by the extension.\n\nTo overcome this problem the extension is now able to export the session key after a successful login or unlock.\nPlease keep in mind, that this weakens your vault's security, as the session key is easier to intercept when\nit's stored outside of the extension memory.\n\n### Exporting session key into a file\nI do not recommend this solution because it leaves valid session key in the file until vault is explicitly locked.\n\nTo store session key in a file use the following script.\n```shell script\n#!/bin/bash\n\nBW_SESSION_FILE=$HOME/.bw-session\ntouch $BW_SESSION_FILE\nchmod 600 $BW_SESSION_FILE\ncat /dev/stdin \u003e $BW_SESSION_FILE\n```\n`Session store command` property must be set to absolute path of the script.\n\nNow you can use it in the command line\n```shell script\nexport BW_SESSION=$(cat ~/.bw-session)\nbw list items\n```\n\n### Exporting session key into Kernel Key Management\nLinux kernel comes with key management facility, that can be used to store user secrets.\nFor more details read [this](https://github.com/jdukes/pykeyctl/blob/master/docs/Overview.org) page.\n\nTo store session key in the kernel memory use this script. \n\nFile `$HOME/bin/bw-store-session`\n```shell script\n#!/bin/bash\n\nBW_SESSION_FILE=$HOME/.bw-session\ntouch $BW_SESSION_FILE\nchmod 600 $BW_SESSION_FILE\nKEY_ID=$(cat /dev/stdin | keyctl padd user bw-session @u)\nkeyctl timeout $KEY_ID 36000\necho $KEY_ID \u003e $BW_SESSION_FILE\n```\nPlease note that it sets **key timeout**, therefore the key will expire, which is great from security perspective. \nKey ID will be stored in `$HOME/.bw-session` file.\n\n`Session store command` property must be set to absolute path of the script.\n\nWe need one more script to read the key from the kernel memory.\n\nFile `$HOME/bin/bw-read-session`\n```shell script\n#!/bin/bash\n\nBW_SESSION_FILE=$HOME/.bw-session\nKEY_ID=$(cat $BW_SESSION_FILE)\nkeyctl print $KEY_ID\n```\n\nNow you can easily read the session key into an environment variable\n```\nexport BW_SESSION=$(bw-read-session)\n```\n\n\n## Inspiration and thanks\n\nThis is a fork of well crafted [ulauncher-keepassxc](https://github.com/pbkhrv/ulauncher-keepassxc) extension. 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