NAME
Passwd::Keyring::KDEWallet - Password storage implementation based on
KDE Wallet.
VERSION
Version 1.0000
SYNOPSIS
KDE Wallet based implementation of Passwd::Keyring.
use Passwd::Keyring::KDEWallet;
my $keyring = Passwd::Keyring::KDEWallet->new(
app=>"blahblah scraper",
group=>"Johnny web scrapers",
);
my $username = "John"; # or get from .ini, or from .argv...
my $password = $keyring->get_password($username, "blahblah.com");
unless( $password ) {
$password = <somehow interactively prompt for password>;
# securely save password for future use
$keyring->set_password($username, $password, "blahblah.com");
}
login_somewhere_using($username, $password);
if( password_was_wrong ) {
$keyring->clear_password($username, "blahblah.com");
}
Note: see Passwd::Keyring::Auto::KeyringAPI for detailed comments on
keyring method semantics (this document is installed with
Passwd::Keyring::Auto package).
SUBROUTINES/METHODS
new
Passwd::Keyring::KDEWallet->new(
app=>'app name', group=>'passwords folder');
Passwd::Keyring::KDEWallet->new(
app=>'app name', group=>'passwords folder',
start_kwalletd_if_missing=>1);
Initializes the processing. Croaks if kwallet (or d-bus, or anything
needed) does not seem to be available.
Handled named parameters:
app
symbolic application name (used in "Application .... is asking to
open the wallet" KDE Wallet prompt)
group
name for the password group (used as KDE Wallet folder name)
dont_start_daemon
by default, in case kwalletd service is missing, we try to start it,
this option disables this behaviour
kwalletd_path
path to kwalletd binary, used in case we try starting it. Default:
kwalletd (relative path means searching in PATH).
set_password(username, password, realm)
Sets (stores) password identified by given realm for given user
get_password($user_name, $realm)
Reads previously stored password for given user in given app. If such
password can not be found, returns undef.
clear_password($user_name, $realm)
Removes given password (if present)
is_persistent
Returns info, whether this keyring actually saves passwords
persistently.
(true in this case)
AUTHOR
Marcin Kasperski
Approach inspired by
http://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=869620.
BUGS
Please report any bugs or feature requests to issue tracker at
https://helixteamhub.cloud/mekk/projects/perl/issues.
SUPPORT
You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.
perldoc Passwd::Keyring::KDEWallet
You can also look for information at:
http://search.cpan.org/~mekk/Passwd-Keyring-KDEWallet/
Source code is tracked at:
https://helixteamhub.cloud/mekk/projects/perl/repositories/keyring-kdewallet
LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2012-2020 Marcin Kasperski.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the terms of either: the GNU General Public License as published
by the Free Software Foundation; or the Artistic License.
See
http://dev.perl.org/licenses/ for more information.
