On Mon, 5 Aug 2024 at 13:27, Yogesh Mahajan <yogesh.maha...@enterprisedb.com> wrote:
> Hi Hackers, > > Issue #7076 <https://github.com/pgadmin-org/pgadmin4/issues/7076> has > been reported by many Mac users. Issue has popped up when python binary > version is changed for the pgadmin. > > To save server passwords, pgadmin uses os level secret storage (in case of > Mac it is keyring) and adds an entry for each save password. Whenever the > python binary version is changed, keychain (python lib used to access > keychain) asks for a password 2 times for accessing each entry. If you have > 10 servers, then it will ask for 20 times. > > To fix the issue, pgadmin will follow the same approach as chrome. > 1.An encryption key will be auto-generated and will be stored in the > keychain. > 2.Whenever save password request is received, encryption key will be used > to encrypt password and encrypted password will be saved in the pgadmin > database. > 3.Similarly, while retrieving the password, encryption will be pulled from > the keychain and will be used to decrypt the password. > This will reduce password asks to 2 times on python binary version change. > That sounds almost like returning to the way things used to work with the master password, except we auto-generate it, and store that in the keychain. I assume we'd do the same on all platforms, using whatever the equivalent store is on each? Any idea why it asks for the login password twice per access on macOS? -- Dave Page pgAdmin: https://www.pgadmin.org PostgreSQL: https://www.postgresql.org EDB: https://www.enterprisedb.com PGDay UK 2024, 11th September, London: https://2024.pgday.uk/
