Re: pasting of passphrases please?

[Stef Walter <stef-list memberwebs com>]

Matthias Clasen wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 10:33 AM, Jens Prüfer<jens pruefer gmx de> wrote:
> 
>> I thought that "there is no new entry" means I still could not paste
>> passphrases?
> 
> GtkEntry does not allow copy-paste when the entry is 'invisible', 

GtkEntry supports paste even when invisible (just not cut/copy). It's
the paste bit that the users want.

> but
> it would allow copying the password if you use the 'show password'
> checkbox to make the entry temporarily visible.
>
> I fear the seahorse guys will turn that off, though, for fear of
> having the password linger in memory (clipboard, X server,
> elsewhere...)

Seahorse has a show password option when looking at the properties of a
keyring item (ie: a stored password).

Cheers,

Stef