On Tue, Jan 17, 2012, at 03:02 PM, Paul Tansom wrote: > Following reading a recent blog post [1] I decided it really is time I > sorted out a better way of logging into my email with Mutt. My plan > was/is to store the password in the Gnome Keyring as a central placed > used for other passwords. Sadly I can't find a way of accessing that > password from the CLI. From my research it seems that it is not yet > possible to do so, but I thought it worth a quick post in case > somebody knows of a way to do it.
A while ago I made plans to tidy up the various passwords I've got stored in .muttrc and other dot files. I haven't yet gotten any further than bookmarking a tutorial on interacting with gnome keyring from python: http://www.mindbending.org/series/bending-gnome-keyring-with-python/ Given that you're looking along the same lines now might be the time for me to get further than that... Robert ________________________________________________________ Robert McWilliam r...@allmail.net www.ormiret.com The opinions expressed herin are not necessarily those of my employer, not necessarily mine, and probably not necessary. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
