Re: [gcmd-dev] [NEW] Use of GNOME authentication manager for user's security credentials (3/3)

[Piotr Eljasiak]

> > But seriously, no, i just try to figure how to deal with plain password 
> > file, that is, how to give users who don't like gkd yet a choice to still 
> > have some security, if they think their PC is possibly not that 'personal' 
> > (like e.g. a laptop, or at work)
> > And i assume that erasing a password from the file is not that difficult ?
> 
> As i remember from earlier versions of gcmd, password was
> saved encrypted in this plain text file. When did it
> change?

I'm afraid gcmd never stored password encrypted. The file 'connections'
used slightly different format, but the passwords were plainly visible
too.

FTP passwords can be stored in the cfg file since 2003.01.28 :o)


Piotr