[GNC] Online Banking Wedged Suddenly

[John Ralls]

> On Jun 11, 2019, at 9:56 AM, Stephen M. Butler <kg7je at arrl.net> wrote:
> 
> On 6/11/19 5:21 AM, Jonathan Rosenberg via gnucash-user wrote:
>> I started Gnucash, found the setting, unchecked it.  Same result.
>> When i do Actions -> Online Actions -=> Get transactions... it
>> executes without asking for the PIN/password.  This happens for all
>> accounts.
>> 
>> I exited GC & tried again  Same result.
>> 
>> BTW: if the PIN is saved in memory, then exiting GC should clear it, yes?
>> 
>> On Mon, Jun 10, 2019 at 10:18 PM John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:
>>> Nope, it's not per-session.
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> John Ralls
> 
> 
> Reading between the lines, I think John is trying to tell you it is
> sticky.  Permanently sticky.  Once you told it to save, it knows it for
> all time.  Who knows, it might forget when we go to Y10K!

Not exactly, just that "memory" really means "storage": If the preference is set, AQBanking remembers persistently across sessions. If it's unset, AQBanking forgets it, no restarts required.

I just tested and it works that way for me. I don't understand why it works differently for Jonathan.

Regards,
John Ralls