openethereum/ethstore/README.md

ethstore

Ethereum key management.

Documentation

Usage

Ethereum key management.
  Copyright 2016 Ethcore (UK) Limited

Usage:
    ethstore insert <secret> <password> [--dir DIR]
    ethstore change-pwd <address> <old-pwd> <new-pwd> [--dir DIR]
    ethstore list [--dir DIR]
    ethstore import [--src DIR] [--dir DIR]
    ethstore import-wallet <path> <password> [--dir DIR]
    ethstore remove <address> <password> [--dir DIR]
    ethstore sign <address> <password> <message> [--dir DIR]
    ethstore [-h | --help]

Options:
    -h, --help         Display this message and exit.
    --dir DIR          Specify the secret store directory. It may be either
                       parity, parity-test, geth, geth-test
                       or a path [default: parity].
    --src DIR          Specify import source. It may be either
                       parity, parity-test, get, geth-test
                       or a path [default: geth].

Commands:
    insert             Save account with password.
    change-pwd         Change account password.
    list               List accounts.
    import             Import accounts from src.
    import-wallet      Import presale wallet.
    remove             Remove account.
    sign               Sign message.

Examples

insert <secret> <password> [--dir DIR]

Encrypt secret with a password and save it in secret store.

• <secret> - ethereum secret, 32 bytes long
• <password> - account password, file path
• [--dir DIR] - secret store directory, It may be either parity, parity-test, geth, geth-test or a path. default: parity

ethstore insert 7d29fab185a33e2cd955812397354c472d2b84615b645aa135ff539f6b0d70d5 password.txt

a8fa5dd30a87bb9e3288d604eb74949c515ab66e

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ethstore insert `ethkey generate random -s` "this is sparta"

24edfff680d536a5f6fe862d36df6f8f6f40f115

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change-pwd <address> <old-pwd> <new-pwd> [--dir DIR]

Change account password.

• <address> - ethereum address, 20 bytes long
• <old-pwd> - old account password, file path
• <new-pwd> - new account password, file path
• [--dir DIR] - secret store directory, It may be either parity, parity-test, geth, geth-test or a path. default: parity

ethstore change-pwd a8fa5dd30a87bb9e3288d604eb74949c515ab66e old_pwd.txt new_pwd.txt

true

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list [--dir DIR]

List secret store accounts.

• [--dir DIR] - secret store directory, It may be either parity, parity-test, geth, geth-test or a path. default: parity

ethstore list

 0: 24edfff680d536a5f6fe862d36df6f8f6f40f115
 1: 6edddfc6349aff20bc6467ccf276c5b52487f7a8
 2: e6a3d25a7cb7cd21cb720df5b5e8afd154af1bbb

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import [--src DIR] [--dir DIR]

Import accounts from src.

• [--src DIR] - secret store directory, It may be either parity, parity-test, geth, geth-test or a path. default: geth
• [--dir DIR] - secret store directory, It may be either parity, parity-test, geth, geth-test or a path. default: parity

ethstore import

 0: e6a3d25a7cb7cd21cb720df5b5e8afd154af1bbb
 1: 6edddfc6349aff20bc6467ccf276c5b52487f7a8

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import-wallet <path> <password> [--dir DIR]

Import account from presale wallet.

• <path> - presale wallet path
• <password> - account password, file path
• [--dir DIR] - secret store directory, It may be either parity, parity-test, geth, geth-test or a path. default: parity

ethstore import-wallet ethwallet.json password.txt

e6a3d25a7cb7cd21cb720df5b5e8afd154af1bbb

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remove <address> <password> [--dir DIR]

Remove account from secret store.

• <address> - ethereum address, 20 bytes long
• <password> - account password, file path
• [--dir DIR] - secret store directory, It may be either parity, parity-test, geth, geth-test or a path. default: parity

ethstore remove a8fa5dd30a87bb9e3288d604eb74949c515ab66e password.txt

true

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sign <address> <password> <message> [--dir DIR]

Sign message with account's secret.

• <address> - ethereum address, 20 bytes long
• <password> - account password, file path
• <message> - message to sign, 32 bytes long
• [--dir DIR] - secret store directory, It may be either parity, parity-test, geth, geth-test or a path. default: parity

ethstore sign 24edfff680d536a5f6fe862d36df6f8f6f40f115 password.txt 7d29fab185a33e2cd955812397354c472d2b84615b645aa135ff539f6b0d70d5

c6649f9555232d90ff716d7e552a744c5af771574425a74860e12f763479eb1b708c1f3a7dc0a0a7f7a81e0a0ca88c6deacf469222bb3d9c5bf0847f98bae54901

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Ethcore toolchain

this project is a part of the ethcore toolchain

• ethkey - Ethereum keys generator and signer.
• ethstore - Ethereum key management.
• ethabi - Ethereum function calls encoding.