Re: [ide-dev] Having to log in to the IDE?

[Stephan Herrmann <stephan.herrmann@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Andrey, I've debugged some of these situations in the past.
The reason I'm raising the issue on this list is: I feel the
concept is broken by design. Filing bugs against all clients
of secure storage is a game nobody can win, in particular as long
as there is no agreement about good citizenship in this regard.

Am I missing anything?
Stephan


On 14.03.2017 19:55, Andrey Loskutov wrote:
> Stephan,
>
> This can be git client trying to read your repo informaton and may be configuring access to remote, but to be sure, please run jstack next time and fill a bug for the component you will find guilty :).
>
> Am 14. März 2017 19:17:58 MEZ schrieb Stephan Herrmann <stephan.herrmann@xxxxxxxxx>:
> > Why do I have to log in, before I can use my (desktop) IDE?
> >
> >
> > Here's what I see:
> >
> > - I live on Linux where Eclipse's secure storage is not backed by any
> > domain login,
> > but requires manually entering the password.
> >
> > - I install Eclipse for simrel via Oomph.
> >
> > - First thing Eclipse asks me before even doing anything is to enter my
> > password
> > for secure storage.
> >
> >
> > I don't like this for several reasons:
> >
> > - I tend to use a good password for secure storage, so having to type
> > in the
> > password is a real disruption. I have to concentrate on s.t. that is
> > not my main
> > focus of work.
> >
> > - That dialog doesn't give the faintest hint as to *why* my password is
> > required,
> > maybe fraud?
> >
> > - Even considering the specific purpose of the setup for Simrel
> > contribution,
> > I cannot think of any reason why my password should be required.
> >
> >
> > I would be *a lot happier* with the Eclipse IDE if some or all of the
> > following would change:
> >
> > - No password dialog without specifying a reason
> >
> > - No password dialog from background jobs, ever.
> >
> > - No component requesting access to secure storage in an Oomph setup
> > where this isn't needed.
> >
> >
> > Is it just me? How do others feel about this?
> > Stephan
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> Andrey Loskutov
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