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Re: Credentials and the Secrets API...

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Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com>
Date
Feb 7, 2013, 14:46 UTC
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On Thu, 27 Oct 2011 12:05:03 -0400 John Szakmeister <john@szakmeister.net> wrote:

JS> Just wanted to keep folks in the loop. It turns out that the Secrets JS> API is still to young. I asked about the format to store credentials JS> in (as far as attributes), and got a response from a KDE developer JS> that says it's still to young on their front. They hope to have JS> support in the next release of KDE. But there's still the issue of JS> what attributes to use.

JS> With that information, I went ahead and created a JS> gnome-credential-keyring that uses Gnome's Keyring facility. I still JS> need to do a few more things (mainly run it against Jeff's tests), but JS> it's generally working. Just wanted to keep folks in the loop. JS> Hopefully, I can get patches out this weekend.

Do you think the Secrets API has matured enough? KDE has had a new release since your post...

Thanks Ted

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  1. John SzakmeisterOct 27, 2011
  2. Jeff KingOct 27, 2011
  3. John SzakmeisterNov 1, 2011
  4. Ted ZlatanovFeb 7, 2013
  5. John SzakmeisterFeb 9, 2013
  6. Ted ZlatanovFeb 20, 2013
  7. John SzakmeisterFeb 21, 2013

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