From: Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: can emacs use the mac os x keychain?
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2010 20:58:26 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <barmar-0D5C10.20582621042010@news.eternal-september.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 87633kaess.fsf@lifelogs.com
In article <87633kaess.fsf@lifelogs.com>,
Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 21 Apr 2010 00:02:17 -0400 Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu>
> wrote:
>
> BM> In article
> BM> <370a1897-25aa-418f-9631-1570dfa99de3@z7g2000yqb.googlegroups.com>,
> BM> vm user <emacs_user@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> >> hi all, several emacs packages such as tramp and VM ask for
> >> passwords. does anyone know how to make emacs get the password from
> >> the mac os x keychain instead of having to type it every time?
> >> thanks...
>
> BM> If you're using tramp's ssh method, you can install SSHKeychain.
>
> Can this be called by other code? I could add support in
> auth-source.el to look in the OS X keychain.
SSHKeychain operates an ssh-agent, so it's only useful for applications
that use SSH keys.
Here's the docuemntation of Apple's Keychain API:
http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/documentation/Security/Reference/k
eychainservices/Reference/reference.html
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Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-04-22 0:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-04-21 1:55 can emacs use the mac os x keychain? vm user
2010-04-21 4:02 ` Barry Margolin
2010-04-21 17:36 ` Ted Zlatanov
2010-04-22 0:58 ` Barry Margolin [this message]
2010-04-23 2:18 ` vm user
2010-07-25 20:04 ` Uday S Reddy
2010-07-26 2:23 ` vm user
[not found] ` <87vd8z2myy.fsf@lifelogs.com>
2010-07-25 3:36 ` vm user
2010-07-26 13:47 ` Ted Zlatanov
2010-07-26 14:47 ` Uday S Reddy
2010-07-26 19:32 ` auth-source multiple accounts (was: can emacs use the mac os x keychain?) Ted Zlatanov
[not found] ` <87630211kx.fsf_-_@lifelogs.com>
2010-07-26 21:21 ` auth-source multiple accounts Uday S Reddy
2010-07-27 14:06 ` Ted Zlatanov
2010-07-27 17:19 ` Uday S Reddy
2010-07-27 17:59 ` Ted Zlatanov
2010-07-27 21:35 ` Uday S Reddy
[not found] ` <87y6cvu53t.fsf@lifelogs.com>
2010-07-28 21:39 ` Uday S Reddy
2010-10-27 13:18 ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-02-14 22:15 ` Ted Zlatanov
2010-07-25 20:09 ` can emacs use the mac os x keychain? Uday S Reddy
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