Bug 569921 - Adding passwords to MacOS Keychain fails
Summary: Adding passwords to MacOS Keychain fails
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: Platform
Classification: Eclipse Project
Component: CVS (show other bugs)
Version: 4.19   Edit
Hardware: PC Mac OS X
: P3 normal (vote)
Target Milestone: ---   Edit
Assignee: platform-cvs-inbox CLA
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Reported: 2020-12-25 10:03 EST by Missing name CLA
Modified: 2021-03-04 07:32 EST (History)
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Description Missing name CLA 2020-12-25 10:03:29 EST 
Something is broken in the way the integration with MacOS Keychain is implemented.

First you have to reset (change) a password that never was set. That's just a stupid interface design and then you never get a chance to specify a new password (But you can write password hints!?), it sets itself. But before all of this, you get a non-inuitive error message if you, when you perform a Team -> Commit, ask Eclipse to save the password.

But these are just minor nitpicks, the big issue here is that the password is never stored in the Keychain. Every time I restart Eclipse (2020-09 or 2020-12) I have to set the password again. And I have the same issue on two different computers (one with Big Sur and one with Catalina).
Comment 1 Thomas Wolf CLA 2020-12-28 08:20:27 EST 
1. Are you really using CVS?

2. Are there any related errors in the log?
Comment 2 Missing name CLA 2021-03-04 07:32:00 EST 
This is with Git.