Using keyring in Kupfer (Passwords File)
ulrik
We intend to use python-keyring in Kupfer, a linux application. The
application leans towards Gnome but wants to be cross-desktop so this
library is just perfect. It also provides a fallback as good as or
better as one we could provide ourselves.
The fallback keyring stores passwords in a non-dotfile in the home
directory. We will patch this to tell it to use a file inside our
application's configuration directory:
@classmethod
def _configure_keyring(cls):
# Configure the fallback keyring's configuration file if used
kr = keyring.get_keyring()
if hasattr(kr, "file_path"):
kr.file_path = config.save_config_file("keyring.cfg")
So we typically use ~/.config/kupfer/keyring.cfg
A quick inspection suggests this is safe to do. For our application we
feel it is unacceptable that we leave user-visible files polluting the
user's home directory.
What do you think? Will it be supported in future versions to relocate
the fallback's password storage?
Regards,
Ulrik
Tarek Ziadé
I think we could also provide a mechanism to make it possible to
configure the path
used to make your life easier. Does a environ variable is acceptable ?
Something like : KEYRING_CFG_PATH
Regards
Tarek
ulrik
On Feb 6, 6:57 pm, Tarek Ziadé <ziade.ta...@gmail.com> wrote:
In my opinon, the method I posted in my original email is better than
using an environment variable.
> Regards
> Tarek