[GNC] password when using mysql backend

[John Ralls]

I don't think that Libsecret is optional and AFAIK no user configuration is necessary.
The file you'll need to rewrite to suit your purposes is gnucash/gnome-utils/gnc-keyring.c.

Good Luck.

Regards,
John Ralls


> On Aug 13, 2021, at 9:09 PM, Fourhundred Thecat <400thecat at gmx.ch> wrote:
> 
> thank you, but I am not using gnome keyring, or any other key manager.
> 
> I would like to simply store the password somewhere in a file in my
> gnucash profile.
> 
> how can I do this?
> 
> > On 2021-08-13 17:59, John Ralls wrote:
>>> On Aug 13, 2021, at 2:00 AM, Fourhundred Thecat <400thecat at gmx.ch> wrote:
>>> Is it possible to store the mysql password somewhere locally?
>> 
>> It's supposed to be stored in libsecret. Check your trace file (https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Tracefile) for errors/warnings  gnc_keyring_set_password and gnc_keyring_get_password.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> John Ralls
>> 
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