Creates a new document to store passwords. It will be stored in the location you've set in the configuration. This function is useful if you want to delete all the passwords or you didn't create a document in the past.
If you are logged out, it offers the "Login" action: Asks you for the password and opens the current set of stored passwords. The data file which will be opened is set in the configuration dialog.
Else, it offers the "Logout" action: Closes the current set of stored passwords. If you didn't save it and you made changes, QPaMaT will ask you to do so. After that, all passwords are delected from memory (not form disk where they are encrypted, of course), so you need to Login again if you want access to your passwords.
Saves the current set of passwords on the hard disk. If you configured QPaMaT to use a chipcard, the passwords will be written to the card, too.
Exports the data. There are two export methods: XML and text.
Exporting as text is mainly the same as "Save", but there are two differences: You can choose the file name directly in a file chooser, and if you configured QPaMaT to use a smart card, this function stores the password in the XML file nevertheless. This function is useful for backup.
Exporting as text exports the data in a clear text files, with readable passwords.
Prints our all entries as clear text. This is useful for "backup". Store this paper on a save place. Please recognize also if you use this function not at home but at work or university, the system administrator may have access to old print queue entries. So only use this function where you have a "secure environment" (whatever this means.
Exit the application. If some data was modified, you will be asked to save it before quitting.
Changes the password for the current data. You have to enter the old password once and the new password twice. If you save the data, the change is applied.
Opens the settings dialog where you can configure the behaviour of OPaMaT, see the Section called Configuration.
Generates a random password. Of course, a computer cannot
generate a really true random password,
i.e. it's a pseudo-random password. So for really high security,
don't use this function. But there is not a simple algorithm
used such as the rand()-function in C.
QPaMaT uses the random function of the OpenSSL library which
is implemented by random functions of the operating system if
it's available. This function was written for security applications
(the encryption of your web browser may depend on the same
function), so you can trust. On some systems, this function may
not be available because the operating system lacks support.
Checks all passwords for its quality and shows the strength in the tree by four different indicators: red (insecury), yellow (quite secure), green (good security) and gray (no password stored in this item). Categorys show the weakest colour, so you can quickly check for weak passwords and change it. It's the same information as presented in the bottom right when you select a password in the list.
Convenience function to clear the content of the clipboard. This is useful if you copied a password and want to delete it in the clipboard for security reasons.
Opens this help document in a web browser (HTML format).
Opens context help. The mouse cursor changes and lets you select a GUI element. A yellow window may appear and show some help on the item you've selected. But there's not for every item help available, this may change in future.
Shows some information about Qt, the toolkit which was used to create this application. It's useful to get the version number of Qt.
Shows some information about the application, including the license and the version number.