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Bug 610706 - Store db password in gnome keyring
Store db password in gnome keyring
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: GnuCash
Classification: Other
Component: Backend - SQL
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Other All
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: Geert Janssens
Chris Shoemaker
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Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2010-02-22 16:38 UTC by Geert Janssens
Modified: 2018-06-29 22:35 UTC
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Description Geert Janssens 2010-02-22 16:38:32 UTC 
Currently, the sql backend stores the access credentials for the database in gconf. This is however a plain text file, which makes the password readable for anyone.

Instead, if GnuCash wished to store the password, it should store it in the gnome-keyring.

Note: I've made this an enhancement request to start with, but as a security issue, it might rather be a bug.
Comment 1 Geert Janssens 2010-06-12 09:41:32 UTC 
Implemented since r19182
Comment 2 John Ralls 2018-06-29 22:35:26 UTC 
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