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List:       kmail-devel
Subject:    Re: Saving of passwords (Was: Security status)
From:       Waldo Bastian <bastian () suse ! de>
Date:       2000-02-07 15:55:32
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On Mon, 07 Feb 2000, George Staikos wrote:
> > By pulling sensitive data out of the config file and into a
> > seperate file it is easier to give this file the right permissions.
>
>    Yes it's easier to set the permissions just on the password and
> not on the rest of the config information.  I think it's still a
> pain.  The .kde dir is already so large.  We're just making it
> larger.  Plus now we have to files to move around from machine to
> machine for those of us who do such things.

[SNIP]

>   The mail program should set the proper file permissions.  This
> still isn't a reason to have 2 files for the config data.

Well, if you think it is easier to let KMail set 0600 permissions on 
kmailrc then that's fine with me too. 

Cheers,
Waldo

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