genkeyx - generate XML .keyx files for KeePass(XC)
genkeyx [-o file] [-v]
genkeyx creates a 32-byte random value and a SHA256 hash of it and formats these values as an XML document ready for use in KeePass and/or KeePassXC.
Quoting from https://keepass.info/help/base/keys.html:
XML (recommended, default). There is an XML format for key files. KeePass 2.x uses this format by default, i.e. when creating a key file in the master key dialog, an XML key file is created. The syntax and the semantics of the XML format allow to detect certain corruptions (especially such caused by faulty hardware or transfer problems), and a hash (in XML key files version 2.0 or higher) allows to verify the integrity of the key. This format is resistant to most encoding and new-line character changes (which is useful for instance when the user is opening and saving the key file or when transferring it from/to a server). Such a key file can be printed (as a backup on paper), and comments can be added in the file (with the usual XML syntax:
<!-- ... -->). It is the most flexible format; new features can be added easily in the future.
genkeyx generates 32 bytes of random data, creates a SHA256 hash of
that, adds the first four bytes of the hash to Data Hash, and appends
the prettyfied 32 hexlified bytes to the XML.
genkeyx understands the following global options:
-o
Write the XML document into the specified file instead of to stdout.
-v
Show version and exit.
Create an XML keyx document:
$ genkeyx
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<KeyFile>
<Meta>
<Version>2.0</Version>
</Meta>
<Key>
<Data Hash="7CE2614B">
4C98A7F0 9CA623F7 5E92F566 EE0A70A8
21D6ACF4 D645CFDF FFB77A88 73A5E2AB
</Data>
</Key>
</KeyFile>
Maybe not.
genkeyx exits with a code 0 on success and non-zero on failure after indicating what caused the failure.
http://github.com/jpmens/genkeyx
Jan-Piet Mens http://jpmens.net