Class Keychain

Helper class to access secure password storage.

Inheritance

System.Object

Keychain

Namespace: sttz.Trimmer.Options

Assembly: Trimmer.dll

Syntax

public abstract class Keychain

Remarks

On macOS the system Keychain is used via the security command line utility. On Windows, ProtectedData is used to encrypt passwords, which are then stored in EditorPrefs (ProtectedData uses Crypt32.dll's CryptProtectData under the hood).

Properties

Main

Keychain instance that is backed by the system keychain.

Declaration

public static Keychain Main { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Keychain

Methods

GetPassword(String, String)

Get a password from the Keychain.

Declaration

public abstract string GetPassword(string service, string name)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.String	service	Name of the service the password belongs to
System.String	name	Name of the password

Returns

Type	Description
System.String	The password or null if it doesn't exist in the Keychain

SetPassword(String, String, String)

Add or update a password in the Keychain.

Declaration

public abstract void SetPassword(string service, string name, string password)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.String	service	Name of the service the password belongs to
System.String	name	Name of the password
System.String	password	The password