[Qgis-user] obscurate DB password from .qgs project

Jürgen E. Fischer jef at norbit.de
Fri Nov 16 10:43:35 PST 2012


Hi Giovanni,

On Fri, 16. Nov 2012 at 17:17:28 +0100, G. Allegri wrote:
>    I've never considered that DB layers passwords are stored in clear inside
>    a .qgs project.
>    I suggest to consider encryption, because it can be very harmful...

You get a big fat warning, when you decide to save the password.   If you don't
save the password (or username), QGIS will ask for credentials when necessary.

JÃrgen

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