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From Aditya Toshniwal
Subject Use system key vault for storing passwords, master password alternative
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Responses Re: Use system key vault for storing passwords, master password alternative  (Dave Page <dpage@pgadmin.org>)
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Hi Hackers/Dave,

Master password was added to encrypt passwords saved in pgAdmin config DB. While it is needed for security reasons, it has to be entered and remembered.
I propose, pgAdmin desktop version can utilize the OS provided password vault to save PG server passwords, just like browsers save website login details.
The Python lib - https://pypi.org/project/keyring/ can be used for multi

Thoughts ?

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Aditya Toshniwal
pgAdmin Hacker | Software Architect | edbpostgres.com
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