Some CLI features require x11

[phrack]

This seems like a bug. On a headless Ubuntu 18.04 server if I try to run certain commands I get the following output:

"Cannot autolaunch D-Bus without X11 $DISPLAY"

Specifically I got this when trying to run sync and test. This is just a test install so I went ahead and installed a GUI to be able to complete what I was testing. It turns out that I didn't have a username/password configured. It seems however this message is displayed (perhaps the way it's set to be bold and red?) requires x11.

This makes it hard to impossible to use the CLI feature on headless systems.

[kspearrin]

Looks like it is related to libsecret, which we use for storing directory secrets: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/52181225/git-with-libsecret-throws-cannot-autolaunch-d-bus-without-x11-display

[robin-wittler]

I installed libsecret but the Error remained. I could work around it with using xvfb but then gnome-keyring-daemon has some problems together with dbus. That was the point where I stopped and decided to take a look to other password management tools.

I think you should write a secure cli tool which does not need a running X-Server Session or interactive input. I want to run the sync job within a docker container - without any human interaction needed.

[ggiesen]

Have the same issue on CentOS 7

[darkyat]

I have stumbled upon the same issue trying to dockerize the application using ubuntu/debian images. For me the solution was to install, export and launch dbus, as well as manually starting and unlocking the gnome-keyring-daemon afterwards:

apt-get update
apt-get install -y libsecret-1-0 dbus-x11 gnome-keyring
export $(dbus-launch)
dbus-launch
gnome-keyring-daemon --start --daemonize --components=secrets
echo '<RANDOM-PASSPHRASE>' | gnome-keyring-daemon -r -d --unlock

Also, if you are trying to use a docker container, you ned to add --cap-add=IPC_LOCK when launching the container. Otherwise gnome-keyring-daemon will fail with:

/bin/sh: 1: gnome-keyring-daemon: Operation not permitted

Hope this helps!

[espoelstra]

You may be able to work around this using the suggestions from the Python keyring library.

https://keyring.readthedocs.io/en/latest/#using-keyring-on-headless-linux-systems

[dorianim]

Any updates on this?
Will there be a simpler way anytime soon?

[pduchnovsky]

I personally kind of work around this issue with this:

bwdc login $bwlogin $bwpassword
BITWARDENCLI_CONNECTOR_PLAINTEXT_SECRETS=true bwdc sync
bwdc logout

Yes it's a bit of overhead but what can we do.
The AD secret isn't as sensitive to stay in the file since it's ro and very limited/specific access anyway.
It would be really awesome if a cli version would not be dependent on x11 tbh..

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[dorianim]

This is still an issue.

[phrack]

Agreed that this is still an issue. I'd love to clear the label as the bot suggests, but I don't have the necessary privileges.