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PIZAUTH(1)		     General Commands Manual		      PIZAUTH(1)

NAME
     pizauth -- OAuth2 authentication daemon

SYNOPSIS
     pizauth command

DESCRIPTION
     pizauth  requests, shows, and refreshes OAuth2 tokens.  It is formed of two
     components: a persistent "server" which interacts with the user  to  obtain
     tokens, and refreshes them as necessary; and a command-line interface which
     can  be  used  by other programs to show the OAuth2 token for a current ac-
     count.

     The top-level commands are:

     dump    Writes the current pizauth state to stdout: this can later  be  fed
	     back into pizauth with restore.  The dump format is stable within a
	     pizauth  major  release  (but not across major releases) and stable
	     across platforms, though it includes timestamps  that  may  be  af-
	     fected  by  clock	drift  on  either the machine performing dump or
	     restore.  Clock drift does not not affect security, though  it  may
	     cause  dumped  access  tokens  to be refreshed unduly early or late
	     upon a restore.  Refreshed access tokens will then be refreshed  at
	     the expected intervals.

	     Note  that  while the dump output may look like it is encrypted, it
	     is trivial for an attacker to recover  access  and  refresh  tokens
	     from  it:	it is strongly recommended that you use external encryp-
	     tion on the output so that your data cannot be compromised.

     info [-j]
	     Writes output about pizauth to stdout including: the  cache  direc-
	     tory  path; the config file path; and pizauth version.  Defaults to
	     human-readable output in an  unspecified  format  that  may  change
	     freely between pizauth versions.

	     -j  specifies  JSON  output.  The "info_format_version" field is an
	     integer value specifying the version of the JSON output: if  incom-
	     patible  changes  are  made, this integer will be monotonically in-
	     creased.

     refresh [-u] account
	     Request a refresh of the access token for account.   Exits  with  0
	     upon  success.  If there is not currently a valid access or refresh
	     token, reports an error to stderr, initiates a new  token	request,
	     and  exits  with 1.  Unless -u is specified, the error will include
	     an authorization URL.  Note that this command does  not  block  and
	     will not start a new refresh if one is ongoing.

     reload  Reload  the server's configuration.  Exits with 0 upon success or 1
	     if there is a problem in the configuration.

     restore
	     Reads previously dumped pizauth state from stdin and updates  those
	     parts of the current state it determines to be less useful than the
	     dumped state.  This does not change the running instance's configu-
	     ration:  any changes in security relevant configuration between the
	     dumping and restoring pizauth instances causes those parts  of  the
	     dump  to  be  silently ignored.  See dump for information about the
	     dump format, timestamp warnings, and encryption suggestions.

     revoke account
	     Removes any token, and  cancels  any  ongoing  authentication,  for
	     account.  Note that OAuth2 provides no standard way of remotely re-
	     voking  a	token:	revoke	thus  only affects the local pizauth in-
	     stance.  Exits with 0 upon success.

     server [-c config-file] [-dv]
	     Start the server.	If not specified with -c, pizauth checks for the
	     configuration file (in  order)  at:  $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/pizauth.conf,
	     $HOME/.config/pizauth.conf.   The	server will daemonise itself un-
	     less -d is specified.  Exits with 0 if the server started	success-
	     fully  or 1 otherwise.  -v enables more verbose logging.  -v can be
	     used up to 4 times, with each repetition increasing the quantity of
	     logging.

     show [-u] account
	     If there is an access token for account, print that access token to
	     stdout and exit with 0.  If there is not currently a  valid  access
	     token,  prints  an error to stderr and exits with 1.  If refreshing
	     might obtain a valid access token, refreshing is initiated  in  the
	     background.  Otherwise (unless -u is specified), the error will in-
	     clude an authorization URL.  Note that this command does not block:
	     commands  must expect that they might encounter an error when show-
	     ing an access token.

     shutdown
	     Shut the server down.  Note that  shutdown  occurs  asynchronously:
	     the  server may still be alive for a period of time after this com-
	     mand returns.

     status  Writes output about the current accounts and whether they have  ac-
	     cess  tokens  to stdout. The format is human-readable and in an un-
	     specified format that may change freely between pizauth versions.

SEE ALSO
     pizauth.conf(5)

     https://tratt.net/laurie/src/pizauth/

AUTHORS
     pizauth was written by Laurence Tratt https://tratt.net/laurie/

FreeBSD ports 15.quarterly     September 13, 2022		      PIZAUTH(1)

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