Re: How to store credentials ?

[Claus Dietrich <claus.dietrich@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Am 05.10.26 um 07:28 schrieb Benoît Minisini:
> > At the moment, I will stay with 'secret-tool' on non KDE systems. I 
> > didn't find a way to store/retrieve passwords outside of this tool 
> > (like on KDE where there is a DBus API). If someone have more 
> > information about that, he will be welcome!
> >
> > Regards,
> OK, I found that: 
> https://specifications.freedesktop.org/secret-service/latest/index.html

I found a German article from 2010 which suggests, that the so called 
"Secret Service API" has been developed to obtain a desktop agnostic API 
for all desktops and applications.

The "Secret API Specification" can be found here: 
https://freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/secret-storage-spec/secrets-api-0.1.html

and lists the two developers Stef Walter (GNOME Keyring) and Michael 
Leupold (KWallet Developer) who decided to offer a common interface.

It seems to me that the D-Bus interface can now be used for all 
desktops. Accordingly it shouldn't be required to use cli tools any longer.

Please correct me if I am wrong.

Best regards, Claus