Neomutt - Issue pasting password from password manager

Ghost-Order · 01-12-2021, 02:02 PM

I just installed neomutt and configured the email, imap server and the port in the neomuttrc file. When I run the app it ask me for my password, I paste it from my password manager (keepassxc) but the login always fail. Maybe the default hiding password feature which all the terminals have (in this case mine is konsole) is the issue? If it is so I supposed there are ways to disable this feature, but I would prefer to not do that. Are there other ways to paste passwords into the terminal?

scasey · 01-12-2021, 06:47 PM

There are several ways to paste into a terminal, so yes there are “other ways”...but you didn’t post which way you’re using that fails, so it makes it difficult to give you any advice.

So, please explain how you’re pasting...

And the masking of the password in the terminal cannot be disabled.

Ghost-Order · 01-12-2021, 07:02 PM

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Originally Posted by scasey

There are several ways to paste into a terminal, so yes there are “other ways”...but you didn’t post which way you’re using that fails, so it makes it difficult to give you any advice.

So, please explain how you’re pasting...

And the masking of the password in the terminal cannot be disabled.

I paste with control+shift+V

scasey · 01-12-2021, 11:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Ghost-Order

I paste with control+shift+V

Test it...paste the password into a text editor, or at the command prompt in the clear to see what’s being pasted.

Try using a middle mouse click to paste instead.

ondoho · 01-13-2021, 12:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Ghost-Order

Maybe the default hiding password feature which all the terminals have (in this case mine is konsole) is the issue?

No.

I suspect some conflict between primary selection - clipboard - control keys used for pasting.
Have you looked if keepassxc's Autotype does the right thing?

Alos, what version of keepassxc.

Ghost-Order · 01-13-2021, 09:06 AM

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Originally Posted by scasey

Test it...paste the password into a text editor, or at the command prompt in the clear to see what’s being pasted.

Try using a middle mouse click to paste instead.

I already test that.

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Originally Posted by ondoho

No.

I suspect some conflict between primary selection - clipboard - control keys used for pasting.
Have you looked if keepassxc's Autotype does the right thing?

Alos, what version of keepassxc.

This is the first time I used that feature and indeed it seems it doesn't write the passwords correctly, usernames are ok. My keepassxc version is 2.6.2

Edit: Nvm I just tried one more time and the autotype worked, it seems it's kind of random.

ondoho · 01-13-2021, 12:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Ghost-Order

Edit: Nvm I just tried one more time and the autotype worked, it seems it's kind of random.

No, it's not. Older versions had some problems with Firefox, but in a terminal it should work 100%.
I think you need to figure out autotype.
Pasted manually it always works, yes? So it's not the password containing funny characters?

Ghost-Order · 01-13-2021, 11:32 PM

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Originally Posted by ondoho

No, it's not. Older versions had some problems with Firefox, but in a terminal it should work 100%.
I think you need to figure out autotype.
Pasted manually it always works, yes? So it's not the password containing funny characters?

Well it seems autotype works just fine in the terminal so the issue should be in my neomutt config file, thank you for the help, I'll try to figure out how to configure neomutt properly.