Re: How do I query a password from a calendar backend?

Hi jules,
 It is not a good idea to prompt password from the backend. Probably you
could write a plugin in evolution for creating the specific calendar and
check if you need authentication before setting the auth property.
e_password_get_password would get the password if the password has been
remembered.

thanks, Chenthill.

On Wed, 2006-04-26 at 14:25 +0200, Jules Colding wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am having difficulties using e_passwords_ask_password() from with my
> calendar backend. I am trying to query the password from within the
> open_sync() method. 
> 
> I have tried wrapping the e_passwords_ask_password() in
> gdk_threads_enter()/gdk_threads_leave() but that will only result in
> Evolution freezing when invoking e_passwords_ask_password().
> 
> Not doing the gdk_threads_enter()/gdk_threads_leave() wrapping will make
> Xlib complain about an unexpected async call.
> 
> I can not simply put "auth=1" in the gconf source as that would force a
> password dialog to open even if I didn't want one to open. So I need a
> way to query a password from the user when a password is really needed.
> 
> So, what can I do except from launching an external helper application?
> In Camel I could use camel_session_get_password(). Is there anything
> like that from within a calendar backend?
> 
> 
> Thanks a lot in advance,
>   jules
> 
> 
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