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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Storing passwords
From:       Alexander Neundorf <neundorf () kde ! org>
Date:       2003-04-26 9:49:07
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On Saturday 26 April 2003 00:41, Unai Garro Arrazola wrote:
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> I'm writing a KDE tool based on a mysql database. Most of the database
> stuff is already done, but I'm stuck at the point that I don't know how to
> store the user's mysql-password safely. Is there a proper/standard way to
> do so?
>
> If I want the program to remember it after I closing the program, then it
> must be stored in a file, but then it must definetely be encrypted. But how
> can I make a program that is able to decrypt it while a normal user is not?

E.g. the smb ioslave in kdebase/kioslave/smbro/ uses a simple scrambling 
function to scramble and unscramble the password, so that it's at least not 
simply readable.

Bye
Alex
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