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

[G. Allegri]

Yes Jurgen, I'm setting connections through code. I'm not in front of the
PC, but I suppose it's possible to set this option through the data
provider api, isn't it?

giovanni

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Il giorno 16/nov/2012 19:44, "Jürgen E." <jef at norbit.de> ha scritto:

> 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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