README.md

YAPET is a text based password manager using the AES-256 encryption algorithm to store passwords and associated information encrypted on disk. Its primary aim is to provide a safe way to store passwords in a file on disk while having a small footprint, and compiling and running under today's most popular Unix Systems.

Build Primer

1. Clone the repository
2. Switch to the development branch

git checkout development

3. Fetch the libyacurs submodule

git submodule init
git submodule update

4. Create stub README, NEWS and ChangeLog files

touch README NEWS ChangeLog libyacurs/ChangeLog

5. Run autoreconf

autoreconf -I m4 -i

6. Create the build directory

mkdir obj && cd obj

7. Configure and build

../configure

8. Create the man pages, README, INSTALL, and NEWS files

cd doc && gmake -f Makefile.doc

9. Build YAPET

cd .. && gmake

Environment Variables

• EXTRA_LD_PRELOAD: Use to add extra preload libraries to preloaded tests when using address sanitizer. When used, terminate value with colon (:).

Preprocessor Macros

• CFGDEBUG: Enable configuration handling console debug output.
• DEBUG_LOG: Enable debug output to /tmp/yapet_debug.log.