Re: using gpg protected files to read passwords
Charles Cazabon <[email protected]>
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Lugubris <[email protected]> wrote: > > I know about gnome keyring's integration, will there be an option for using > gpg protected files to read passwords? pass.gpg will have the saved password > and getmail will read it from that file. getmail can get the password from any arbitrary external command; see the password_command parameter. Just write a shellscript that will produce the password from the gpg file for getmail to read. Note you can't interact with that process (i.e. see its output or provide keyboard input to it), as it's run as a separate process behind the scenes. Charles -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Cazabon GPL'ed software available at: http://pyropus.ca/software/ -----------------------------------------------------------------------