Copy and paste pwd (Wayland)

readme.md

• Install keyring using conda install keyring
• Install ydotool using sudo dnf install ydotool
• Start and enable the service:

systemctl start ydotool
systemctl enable ydotool 

Ref:

• nvim.appimage /usr/include/linux/input-event-codes.h for keycodes
• https://askubuntu.com/a/1009168
• GNOME Keyring (seahorse)
• https://askubuntu.com/questions/1401945/how-to-update-and-remove-pkexec-executable

bypass-sudo.md

Read readme.md first

It might happen that the input (in which you want to fill the pwd) exist inside a popup and thus opening pkexec could close it. To resolve this we can allow ydotool to be run in w/o sudo password:

• Execute sudo visudo -f /etc/sudoers.d/my-overrides
• Paste in this line ajitid ALL=(ALL:ALL) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/ydotool *
• Save and exit. Now do sudo -l and you would see an output for ydotool
• To check if it is working, open a new terminal window and type in sudo /usr/bin/ydotool key 56:1 62:1 62:0 56:0. Upon pressing enter it should either close the window or ask for a confirmation.
• In clippass script, replace pkexec with sudo

Ref: https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/434918/527120

clippass

#!/usr/bin/bash
keyring get system apass | tr -d '\n' | xsel -ib
pkexec ydotool key 29:1 47:1 47:0 29:0
xsel -bc

# or if you're bypassing sudo using visudo, we replace replace `pkexec` with `sudo`, so this becomes:

#!/usr/bin/bash
keyring get system apass | tr -d '\n' | xsel -ib
sudo ydotool key 29:1 47:1 47:0 29:0
xsel -bc

Explanation of clippass:

• The first line grabs the password, removes newline at the end and copies it to the clipboard
• The second line performs ctrl+v
• The third clears the clipboard

For X sever, we have https://github.com/jordansissel/xdotool. It might not need sudo. See this