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

[G. Allegri]

> The other way to do it would be to add a user-defined "master"
> passphrase (entered at run-time) to unlock all of the encrypted
> passwords, assuming there are many. Exactly like Thunderbird/Firefox's
> Master Password.

That's what I also was thinking to. I have dozens of layers and I can't ask
the uset to set the pw for each one.
I hope I will be able to manage this through code...

giovanni

>
> Etienne
>
> On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 4:43 PM, Jürgen E. <jef at norbit.de> wrote:
> > 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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