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RE: [Monotone-devel] passphrase option
From: |
Nathaniel Smith |
Subject: |
RE: [Monotone-devel] passphrase option |
Date: |
Thu, 12 Aug 2004 11:12:35 -0700 |
>===== Original Message From Carlos Hespanhol <address@hidden> =====
>regarding writing passwords in files I agree with Richard, but my original
>idea was the user type the password in a dialog(GUI) and then I would call
>monotone using this password, it wouldnt be writen to a file, and like Jon
>said it could be hidden by monotone.
>The way I'm using now it's writen in the rc file but an option would be to
>call a program that opens a dialog asking for the password and returns it in
>a file that is erased by get_passphrase as soon as it gets it.
Lua hooks can call arbitrary code; instead of all these shenanigans involving
writing the password to permanent storage in cleartext, why not just write a
hook that pops up that dialog box, and never writes the result to disk at all?
-- Nathaniel
- Re: [Monotone-devel] passphrase option, (continued)
- [Monotone-devel] Re: passphrase option, graydon hoare, 2004/08/12
- Re: [Monotone-devel] Re: passphrase option, Mark White, 2004/08/12
- Re: [Monotone-devel] Re: passphrase option, Jon Bright, 2004/08/12
- Re: [Monotone-devel] Re: passphrase option, Carlos Hespanhol, 2004/08/16
- Re: [Monotone-devel] passphrase option, Martin Waitz, 2004/08/13
RE: [Monotone-devel] passphrase option,
Nathaniel Smith <=