From 9a232b59185f276ca8bc3e10b7696cd9f67460c2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Daniel=20Garc=C3=ADa=20Moreno?= Date: Tue, 15 May 2018 23:48:35 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] passwd: Password storage configuration doc in README --- README.md | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index e6e14229..6b5a660a 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -34,6 +34,35 @@ ninja -C _build sudo ninja -C _build install ``` +### Password Storage + +Fractal uses Secret Service to store the password so you should have +running some daemon that give that service. If you're using GNOME or KDE +this should work for you out of the box with gnome-keyring or +ksecretservice. + +There's a way to avoid the need of secret service and store the password in +a unsecure way, in a plain json file. We don't recommend to use this form, +but if you want, it's possible to configure using gsettings: + +``` +$ gsettings set org.gnome.Fractal password-storage 'Plain text' +``` + +Or if you're using flatpak + +``` +$ flatpak run --command="bash" org.gnome.Fractal +$ gsettings set org.gnome.Fractal password-storage 'Plain text' +$ exit +``` + +To go back to use Secret service: + +``` +$ gsettings set org.gnome.Fractal password-storage 'Secret Service' +``` + ## Supported m.room.message (msgtypes) msgtypes | Recv | Send @@ -60,4 +89,4 @@ The first version of this project was called guillotine, based on French revolut in relation with the Riot client name, but it's a negative name so we decide to change for a math one. -The name Fractal was proposed by Regina Bíró. \ No newline at end of file +The name Fractal was proposed by Regina Bíró.