Re: How to store SMTP credentials via Secret Service API?

[Michael Albinus]

John Steele Scott <toojays@toojays.net> writes:

Hi John,

> If I eval something like:
>
> (secrets-create-item "Default" "toojays.net smtp" "my-secret-password"
>  :host "my-mail-host" 
>  :port "587"
>  :user "toojays@toojays.net")
>
> it errors like:
>
> Secret Service session: /org/freedesktop/secrets/session/s287
> byte-code: D-Bus error: "Method \"CreateItem\" with signature
> \"a{sv}(oayay)b\" on interface \"org.freedesktop.Secret.Collection\"
> doesn't exist

Yep, there was an extension to the Secret Service API, which was not
implemented yet in secrets.el. (For the curious ones: a "secret" struct
has now an additional content_type entry. The signature is "(oayays)" )

> Is there a workaround for this?

I've changed secrets.el in Emacs' trunk accordingly. If you don't run
Emacs dev version, you could download the file from
<http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/plain/lisp/net/secrets.el?h=trunk>

> For instance, if I could create the key some other way (e.g. via
> seahorse), will Emacs be able to retrieve it?

Likely yes. You could call "M-x secrets-show-secrets" and navigate
through the items. If Emacs shows you your password which you have
created via seahorse, chances are good that it works.

> Have I even used the correct syntax to create the key?

Yes. I have used it during debugging (with the exception, that I have
used "session" insted of "Default", 'cause I didn't want to add the key
permanently).

OTOH, IIRC one could instruct auth-sources to create a password if it
doesn't exist yet. Then you don't need to fiddle with secrets.el directly.

> Thanks,
>
> John

Best regards, Michael.