data-vault

Secure data storage application written in C. Follows this playlist on YouTube

Local building

To build the source code, run the following commands from this directory:

cd build
./build

This will generate the executable bin/dv.exe.

Running

• Create the following environment variable, DV_HOME, with the value C:\...\data-vault\bin. Make sure this path contains the executable dv.exe.

Commands

You can then open this application from anywhere using the command line.

• To open up a continuous terminal session, run the following command:
  • You can then run data commands when prompted. See this section.

dv

• To create an account, run the following command:
  • You will then be prompted for a username and password for your account.
  • For <DATA_COMMAND>, see this section.

dv createAct <DATA_COMMAND>

• To run a single command, while providing credentials, run the following command:
  • <USERNAME> is the username for an existing account.
  • <PASSWORD_ENV_NAME> is the name of an environment variable containing the password. This is recommended if the environment variable is for the local, current terminal session.
  • <DATA_COMMAND> is the data command, see this section.

dv [-u <USERNAME>] [-penv <PASSWORD_ENV_NAME>] <DATA_COMMAND>

Data commands

• exit: Quit the application.
• cls or clear: Clear the terminal screen.
• debug: Switch on debugging information.
• logout: Logout the current user.
• log: Print all the entries and categories for the current user.
• print: Print the encrypted and decrypted data file contents.
• createAct: Create an account. Prompted for username and password.
• login: Login to an existing account. Prompted for username and password.
• create <entry>: Create an entry.
• get <entry> <category>: Get the data for an entry under a category.
• copy <entry> <category>: Put the data for an entry under a category onto the clipboard.
• del <entry> <category>: Delete the data for an entry under a category.
• set <entry> <category> [<data>]: Set the data for an entry under a category. Prompted for data if not entered in the command.