Re: Use system key vault for storing passwords, master password alternative

From: Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org>
To: Aditya Toshniwal <aditya(dot)toshniwal(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
Cc: pgadmin-hackers <pgadmin-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Use system key vault for storing passwords, master password alternative
Date: 2022-11-10 09:26:37
Message-ID: CA+OCxozuXvodO0Q7jrGwef=xYx-2bHSKbEy3XNqh8HBEcvVW0A@mail.gmail.com
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Hi

On Thu, 10 Nov 2022 at 07:50, Aditya Toshniwal <
aditya(dot)toshniwal(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> wrote:

> Hi Hackers/Dave,
>
> Master password was added to encrypt passwords saved in pgAdmin config DB.
> While it is needed for security reasons, it has to be entered and
> remembered.
> I propose, pgAdmin desktop version can utilize the OS provided password
> vault to save PG server passwords, just like browsers save website login
> details.
> The Python lib - https://pypi.org/project/keyring/ can be used for multi
>
> Thoughts ?
>

https://github.com/pgadmin-org/pgadmin4/issues/5123

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