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-rw-r--r--docs/reference/libsecret/Makefile.am11
-rw-r--r--docs/reference/libsecret/libsecret-docs.sgml2
-rw-r--r--docs/reference/libsecret/libsecret-sections.txt2
-rw-r--r--docs/reference/libsecret/migrating-libgnome-keyring.xml839
4 files changed, 850 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/docs/reference/libsecret/Makefile.am b/docs/reference/libsecret/Makefile.am
index c2038dc..eb2b19e 100644
--- a/docs/reference/libsecret/Makefile.am
+++ b/docs/reference/libsecret/Makefile.am
@@ -69,12 +69,15 @@ HTML_IMAGES=
# Extra SGML files that are included by $(DOC_MAIN_SGML_FILE).
# e.g. content_files=running.sgml building.sgml changes-2.0.sgml
-content_files=libsecret-examples.sgml
+content_files = \
+ libsecret-examples.sgml \
+ migrating-libgnome-keyring.xml
# SGML files where gtk-doc abbrevations (#GtkWidget) are expanded
# These files must be listed here *and* in content_files
# e.g. expand_content_files=running.sgml
-expand_content_files=
+expand_content_files = \
+ migrating-libgnome-keyring.xml
# CFLAGS and LDFLAGS for compiling gtkdoc-scangobj with your library.
# Only needed if you are using gtkdoc-scangobj to dynamically query widget
@@ -90,7 +93,9 @@ include $(top_srcdir)/gtk-doc.make
# Other files to distribute
# e.g. EXTRA_DIST += version.xml.in
-# EXTRA_DIST +=
+EXTRA_DIST += \
+ version.xml.in \
+ migrating-libgnome-keyring.xml
# Files not to distribute
# for --rebuild-types in $(SCAN_OPTIONS), e.g. $(DOC_MODULE).types
diff --git a/docs/reference/libsecret/libsecret-docs.sgml b/docs/reference/libsecret/libsecret-docs.sgml
index c7b168a..428725a 100644
--- a/docs/reference/libsecret/libsecret-docs.sgml
+++ b/docs/reference/libsecret/libsecret-docs.sgml
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@
<xi:include href="xml/secret-paths.xml"/>
</part>
+ <xi:include href="xml/migrating-libgnome-keyring.xml"/>
+
<xi:include href="xml/annotation-glossary.xml">
<xi:fallback />
</xi:include>
diff --git a/docs/reference/libsecret/libsecret-sections.txt b/docs/reference/libsecret/libsecret-sections.txt
index c134423..264a8b2 100644
--- a/docs/reference/libsecret/libsecret-sections.txt
+++ b/docs/reference/libsecret/libsecret-sections.txt
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ secret_password_free
<FILE>secret-schema</FILE>
<INCLUDE>secret/secret.h</INCLUDE>
SECRET_SCHEMA_NOTE
+SECRET_SCHEMA_COMPAT_NETWORK
SecretSchema
SecretSchemaFlags
SecretSchemaAttribute
@@ -146,7 +147,6 @@ secret_schema_attribute_type_get_type
secret_schema_flags_get_type
SECRET_TYPE_SCHEMA_FLAGS
SECRET_TYPE_SCHEMA_ATTRIBUTE_TYPE
-SECRET_SCHEMA_COMPAT_NETWORK
</SECTION>
<SECTION>
diff --git a/docs/reference/libsecret/migrating-libgnome-keyring.xml b/docs/reference/libsecret/migrating-libgnome-keyring.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a675526
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/reference/libsecret/migrating-libgnome-keyring.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,839 @@
+<part id="migrating">
+<title>Migrating from libgnome-keyring</title>
+
+<chapter id="migrating-introduction">
+ <title>Introduction</title>
+
+ <para>Conceptually, libgnome-keyring and libsecret are fairly similar. Both
+ have keyrings, items, and ways to store and retrieve passwords. In both
+ cases items have attributes. The keys and values of attributes are used
+ to lookup a password that was stored.</para>
+
+ <para>There is a
+ <link linkend="libsecret-Password-storage">simple password API for storing and retrieving passwords</link>
+ which is the easiest and recommended way to store passwords. And then
+ there is a more complicated API which models all the various collections
+ and items, along with all the possible actions that can be performed on them.</para>
+
+ <para>libsecret uses the
+ <ulink url="http://standards.freedesktop.org/secret-service/">Secret Service DBus API</ulink>
+ to communicate with gnome-keyring-daemon, and as such exposes features
+ based on that DBus API.</para>
+
+ <para>libsecret has been designed to be threadsafe, and uses the 'GDBus'
+ code in gio to accomplish this.</para>
+
+ <para>Keyrings are called 'collections' in libsecret.</para>
+
+ <para>See the relevant section for specifics about how to port the
+ libgnome-keyring functions or symbols in your project.</para>
+</chapter>
+
+<chapter id="migrating-api">
+ <title>API conversion</title>
+ <para>Here are some clues on how to migrate various libgnome-keyring
+ API functions and their logical equivalents in libsecret.</para>
+
+<section id="migrating-attributes">
+ <title>Item attributes</title>
+
+ <para>Remember that attributes are not, and never have been stored in
+ an encrypted fashion. They are not part of the 'secret', but instead
+ are a way to lookup a secret item.</para>
+
+ <para>All attributes in libsecret are stored as strings. Sets of attributes
+ are represented by #GHashTable<!-- -->s and the keys and values of
+ these hash tables are strings.</para>
+
+ <para>libsecret is far more <link linkend="migrating-schemas">focused on schemas</link>,
+ and encourages users to define a #SecretSchema for their password storage.
+ The schema defines which attributes are allowed an item. Each schema has
+ a name which is usually a dotted string (eg: <literal>org.gnome.MyProject.Password</literal>).
+ This schema name is stored internally in the item attributes.</para>
+
+ <para>Schemas define whether an attribute should look like an integer,
+ a boolean, or a free-form string. These types are used when validating
+ the attribute values, even though the attribute values are stored and
+ matched as strings. Since attribute values are used primarily
+ for lookup of items it's important that the string representations of
+ integers and booleans are always identical. Boolean values are stored
+ as the strings <literal>true</literal> and <literal>false</literal>.
+ Integer values are stored in decimal, with a preceeding negative sign
+ for negative integers. libsecret facilitates this using the
+ secret_attributes_build() and secret_attributes_buildv() functions.</para>
+
+ <para>Attributes are meant to be used for lookup of items; they're not
+ designed to be used as a generic key/value database. Although you can
+ force libsecret to do the latter, it's better to store your account
+ information elsewhere if possible, and use libsecret to store the password
+ or other secret.</para>
+
+ <para>Replacements for related libgnome-keyring functions and types
+ are described below:
+ <table><tgroup cols="2">
+ <thead><row><entry>libgnome-keyring</entry><entry>libsecret</entry></row></thead>
+ <tbody>
+ <row>
+ <entry>#GnomeKeyringAttributeList</entry>
+ <entry>a #GHashTable of string keys and values</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>#GnomeKeyringAttribute</entry>
+ <entry>a key/value pair in a #GHashTable of strings</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>#GnomeKeyringAttributeType</entry>
+ <entry>#SecretSchemaAttributeType</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>%GNOME_KEYRING_ATTRIBUTE_TYPE_STRING</entry>
+ <entry>%SECRET_SCHEMA_ATTRIBUTE_STRING</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>%GNOME_KEYRING_ATTRIBUTE_TYPE_UINT32</entry>
+ <entry>%SECRET_SCHEMA_ATTRIBUTE_INTEGER</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gnome_keyring_attribute_list_index()</entry>
+ <entry>use g_hash_table_lookup() on the attributes hash table</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gnome_keyring_attribute_get_string()</entry>
+ <entry>use g_hash_table_lookup() on the attributes hash table</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gnome_keyring_attribute_get_uint32()</entry>
+ <entry>no equivalent, use g_hash_table_lookup()</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gnome_keyring_attribute_list_append_string()</entry>
+ <entry>secret_attributes_build()</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gnome_keyring_attribute_list_append_uint32()</entry>
+ <entry>secret_attributes_build()</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gnome_keyring_attribute_list_copy()</entry>
+ <entry>g_hash_table_ref()</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gnome_keyring_attribute_list_free()</entry>
+ <entry>g_hash_table_unref()</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gnome_keyring_attribute_list_index()</entry>
+ <entry>no equivalent, use g_hash_table_lookup()</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gnome_keyring_attribute_list_new()</entry>
+ <entry>secret_attributes_build()</entry>
+ </row>
+ </tbody>
+ </tgroup></table></para>
+</section>
+
+<section id="migrating-schemas">
+ <title>Working with schemas</title>
+
+ <para>libsecret is far more focused on schemas, and encourages users to
+ define a #SecretSchema for their password storage. The schema defines
+ which attributes are allowed an item. Each schema has a name which
+ is usually a dotted string (eg: <literal>org.gnome.MyProject.Password</literal>).
+ This name is stored in the item attributes. The schema name is also
+ used when looking up an item, to make sure that the stored schema
+ matches that used during the lookup. If you wish to lookup items that
+ were stored by libgnome-keyring, you should specify the
+ %SECRET_SCHEMA_DONT_MATCH_NAME flag in the schema so that the schema
+ name is not matched, since it was not stored by libgnome-keyring.</para>
+
+ <para>Schemas define whether an attribute should look like an integer,
+ a boolean, or a free-form string. These types are used when validating
+ the attribute values stored, even though the attribute values are
+ stored and matched as strings.</para>
+
+ <para>Replacements for related libgnome-keyring functions and types
+ are described below:
+ <table><tgroup cols="2">
+ <thead><row><entry>libgnome-keyring</entry><entry>libsecret</entry></row></thead>
+ <tbody>
+ <row>
+ <entry>#GnomeKeyringPasswordSchema</entry>
+ <entry>#SecretSchema</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>#GnomeKeyringPasswordSchemaAttribute</entry>
+ <entry>#SecretSchemaAttribute</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>%GNOME_KEYRING_ITEM_APPLICATION_SECRET</entry>
+ <entry>no equivalent</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>%GNOME_KEYRING_ITEM_CHAINED_KEYRING_PASSWORD</entry>
+ <entry>no equivalent</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>%GNOME_KEYRING_ITEM_ENCRYPTION_KEY_PASSWORD</entry>
+ <entry>no equivalent</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>%GNOME_KEYRING_ITEM_PK_STORAGE</entry>
+ <entry>no equivalent</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>%GNOME_KEYRING_ITEM_GENERIC_SECRET</entry>
+ <entry>no equivalent, define a specific schema with an appropriate dotted name</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>%GNOME_KEYRING_ITEM_NETWORK_PASSWORD</entry>
+ <entry>the %SECRET_SCHEMA_COMPAT_NETWORK schema, although not recommended for new uses</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>%GNOME_KEYRING_ITEM_NOTE</entry>
+ <entry>the %SECRET_SCHEMA_NOTE schema</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>%GNOME_KEYRING_NETWORK_PASSWORD</entry>
+ <entry>the %SECRET_SCHEMA_COMPAT_NETWORK schema, although not recommended for new uses</entry>
+ </row>
+ </tbody>
+ </tgroup></table></para>
+</section>
+
+
+<section id="migrating-storing">
+ <title>Storing passwords and items</title>
+
+ <para>It's encouraged to use a #SecretSchema when storing items and
+ passwords.</para>
+
+ <para>By default most ways of storing an item will now overwrite
+ another item with the same attributes in the same keyring. To manually
+ control this behavior use the secret_item_create().</para>
+
+ <para>Replacements for related libgnome-keyring functions and types
+ are described below:
+ <table><tgroup cols="2">
+ <thead><row><entry>libgnome-keyring</entry><entry>libsecret</entry></row></thead>
+ <tbody>
+ <row>
+ <entry>%GNOME_KEYRING_DEFAULT</entry>
+ <entry>%SECRET_COLLECTION_DEFAULT</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>%GNOME_KEYRING_SESSION</entry>
+ <entry>%SECRET_COLLECTION_SESSION</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gnome_keyring_store_password()</entry>
+ <entry>secret_password_store()</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gnome_keyring_store_password_sync()</entry>
+ <entry>secret_password_store_sync()</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gnome_keyring_set_network_password()</entry>
+ <entry>secret_password_store() with %SECRET_SCHEMA_COMPAT_NETWORK
+ although this is not recommended for new uses.</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gnome_keyring_set_network_password_sync()</entry>
+ <entry>secret_password_store_sync() with %SECRET_SCHEMA_COMPAT_NETWORK
+ although this is not recommended for new uses.</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gnome_keyring_item_create()</entry>
+ <entry>secret_item_create(), although using secret_password_store()
+ is simpler.</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gnome_keyring_item_create_sync()</entry>
+ <entry>secret_item_create(), although using secret_password_store_sync()
+ is simpler.</entry>
+ </row>
+ </tbody>
+ </tgroup></table></para>
+</section>
+
+<section id="migrating-searching">
+ <title>Searching for passwords and items</title>
+
+ <para>In general libsecret tries not to unlocking keyrings
+ where not necessary. Many search methods only return one item or
+ password that matches, preferring already unlocked items, and recently stored
+ items.</para>
+
+ <para>Attributes are meant to be used for lookup of items; they're not
+ designed to be used as a generic key/value database. Although you can
+ force libsecret to do the latter, it's better to store your account
+ information elsewhere if possible, and use libsecret to store the password
+ or other secret. Because of this many search methods return just the
+ password or secret.</para>
+
+ <para>Replacements for related libgnome-keyring functions and types
+ are described below:
+ <table><tgroup cols="2">
+ <thead><row><entry>libgnome-keyring</entry><entry>libsecret</entry></row></thead>
+ <tbody>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gnome_keyring_find_password()</entry>
+ <entry>secret_password_lookup()</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gnome_keyring_find_password_sync()</entry>
+ <entry>secret_password_lookup_sync()</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gnome_keyring_find_items()</entry>
+ <entry>secret_service_search(), with flags to fine tune behavior</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gnome_keyring_find_itemsv()</entry>
+ <entry>secret_service_search(), with flags to fine tune behavior</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gnome_keyring_find_items_sync()</entry>
+ <entry>secret_service_search_sync(), with flags to fine tune behavior</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gnome_keyring_find_itemsv_sync()</entry>
+ <entry>secret_service_search(), with flags to fine tune behavior</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>GnomeKeyringFound</entry>
+ <entry>no equivalent, secret_service_search() returns a #GList of
+ #SecretItem<!-- -->s, and other methods return passwords directly.</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gnome_keyring_found_copy()</entry>
+ <entry>no equivalent</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gnome_keyring_found_free()</entry>
+ <entry>g_object_unref() on the each of the items returned from
+ secret_service_search()</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gnome_keyring_found_list_free()</entry>
+ <entry>g_list_free_full() used with g_object_unref() on the items returned from
+ secret_service_search()</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gnome_keyring_find_network_password()</entry>
+ <entry>secret_password_lookup() with %SECRET_SCHEMA_COMPAT_NETWORK,
+ although this only returns one password and no attributes</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gnome_keyring_find_network_password_sync()</entry>
+ <entry>secret_password_lookup_sync() with %SECRET_SCHEMA_COMPAT_NETWORK,
+ although this only returns one password and no attributes</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>#GnomeKeyringNetworkPasswordData</entry>
+ <entry>no equivalent, secret_password_lookup() gets the password directly
+ and no attributes</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gnome_keyring_network_password_free()</entry>
+ <entry>no equivalent</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gnome_keyring_network_password_list_free()</entry>
+ <entry>no equivalent</entry>
+ </row>
+ </tbody>
+ </tgroup></table></para>
+</section>
+
+<section id="migrating-removing">
+ <title>Removing passwords and icons</title>
+
+ <para>Neither libgnome-keyring or libsecret allow deletion of locked
+ items. libsecret tries to make it easier to delete all unlocked items
+ matching certain attributes.</para>
+
+ <para>Replacements for related libgnome-keyring functions and types
+ are described below:
+ <table><tgroup cols="2">
+ <thead><row><entry>libgnome-keyring</entry><entry>libsecret</entry></row></thead>
+ <tbody>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gnome_keyring_delete_password()</entry>
+ <entry>secret_password_remove(), although we now try to delete
+ all unlocked matching items</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gnome_keyring_delete_password_sync()</entry>
+ <entry>secret_password_remove_sync(), although we now try to delete
+ all unlocked matching items</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gnome_keyring_item_delete()</entry>
+ <entry>secret_item_delete()</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gnome_keyring_item_delete_sync()</entry>
+ <entry>secret_item_delete_sync()</entry>
+ </row>
+ </tbody>
+ </tgroup></table></para>
+</section>
+
+<section id="migrating-items">
+ <title>Item management</title>
+
+ <para>In libsecret items are no longer identified by an unsigned integer.
+ Applications should retrieve items based on their attributes. It is also
+ possible to identify an item by its DBus object path.</para>
+
+ <para>Replacements for related libgnome-keyring functions and types
+ are described below:
+ <table><tgroup cols="2">
+ <thead><row><entry>libgnome-keyring</entry><entry>libsecret</entry></row></thead>
+ <tbody>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gnome_keyring_item_create()</entry>
+ <entry>secret_item_create(), although secret_password_store() may be simpler</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gnome_keyring_item_create_sync()</entry>
+ <entry>secret_item_create_sync(), although secret_password_store_sync() may be simpler</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gnome_keyring_item_delete()</entry>
+ <entry>secret_item_delete(), although secret_password_remove() may be simpler</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gnome_keyring_item_delete_sync()</entry>
+ <entry>secret_item_delete_sync(), although secret_password_remove_sync() may be simpler</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gnome_keyring_item_get_info()</entry>
+ <entry>properties are loaded on a #SecretItem automatically, use
+ secret_item_load_secret() to load the secret</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gnome_keyring_item_get_info_sync()</entry>
+ <entry>properties are loaded on a #SecretItem automatically, use
+ secret_item_load_secret_sync() to load the secret</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gnome_keyring_item_get_info_full()</entry>
+ <entry>properties are loaded on a #SecretItem automatically, use
+ secret_item_load_secret() to load the secret</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gnome_keyring_item_get_info_full_sync()</entry>
+ <entry>properties are loaded on a #SecretItem automatically, use
+ secret_item_load_secret_sync() to load the secret</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gnome_keyring_item_set_info()</entry>
+ <entry>use the appropriate setter methods on #SecretItem</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gnome_keyring_item_set_info_sync()</entry>
+ <entry>use the appropriate setter methods on #SecretItem</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gnome_keyring_item_get_attributes()</entry>
+ <entry>secret_item_get_attributes()</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gnome_keyring_item_get_attributes_sync()</entry>
+ <entry>secret_item_get_attributes()</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gnome_keyring_item_set_attributes()</entry>
+ <entry>secret_item_set_attributes()</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gnome_keyring_item_set_attributes_sync()</entry>
+ <entry>secret_item_set_attributes_sync()</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>#GnomeKeyringItemType</entry>
+ <entry>replaced by the name of a #SecretSchema</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>#GnomeKeyringItemInfo</entry>
+ <entry>#SecretItem</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gnome_keyring_item_info_new()</entry>
+ <entry>no equivalent</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gnome_keyring_item_info_copy()</entry>
+ <entry>no equivalent</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gnome_keyring_item_info_free()</entry>
+ <entry>g_object_unref() on the #SecretItem</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gnome_keyring_item_info_get_display_name()</entry>
+ <entry>secret_item_get_label()</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gnome_keyring_item_info_set_display_name()</entry>
+ <entry>secret_item_set_label()</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gnome_keyring_item_info_get_ctime()</entry>
+ <entry>secret_item_get_created()</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gnome_keyring_item_info_get_mtime()</entry>
+ <entry>secret_item_get_modified()</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gnome_keyring_item_info_get_type()</entry>
+ <entry>secret_item_get_schema_name()</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gnome_keyring_item_info_set_type()</entry>
+ <entry>secret_item_set_attributes() with appropriate schema</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gnome_keyring_item_info_get_secret()</entry>
+ <entry>secret_item_get_secret()</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gnome_keyring_item_info_set_secret()</entry>
+ <entry>secret_item_set_secret() and secret_item_set_secret_sync()</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>%GNOME_KEYRING_ITEM_INFO_BASICS</entry>
+ <entry>no equivalent, all basic item properties are loaded on #SecretItem
+ automatically</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>%GNOME_KEYRING_ITEM_INFO_SECRET</entry>
+ <entry>use secret_item_load_secret() and secret_item_load_secret_sync() to load
+ the secret for an item.</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gnome_keyring_item_info_set_display_name()</entry>
+ <entry></entry>
+ </row>
+ </tbody>
+ </tgroup></table></para>
+</section>
+
+<section id="migrating-keyrings">
+ <title>Keyring management</title>
+
+ <para>In libsecret keyrings are called 'collections'. This is the same
+ lingo as the underlying Secret Service DBus API. Keyrings are no longer
+ identified by simple keyring names. Normally applications just use the
+ default keyrings and these are identified by the aliases
+ %SECRET_COLLECTION_DEFAULT and %SECRET_COLLECTION_SESSION. It is also
+ possible to identify collections by their DBus object paths.</para>
+
+ <para>Replacements for related libgnome-keyring functions and types
+ are described below:
+ <table><tgroup cols="2">
+ <thead><row><entry>libgnome-keyring</entry><entry>libsecret</entry></row></thead>
+ <tbody>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gnome_keyring_create()</entry>
+ <entry>secret_collection_create()</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gnome_keyring_create_sync()</entry>
+ <entry>secret_collection_create_sync()</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gnome_keyring_delete()</entry>
+ <entry>secret_collection_delete()</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gnome_keyring_delete_sync()</entry>
+ <entry>secret_collection_delete_sync()</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gnome_keyring_change_password()</entry>
+ <entry>no equivalent, use platform specific DBus APIs</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gnome_keyring_change_password_sync()</entry>
+ <entry>no equivalent, use platform specific DBus APIs</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gnome_keyring_list_keyring_names()</entry>
+ <entry>secret_service_load_collections() and secret_service_get_collections()</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gnome_keyring_list_keyring_names_sync()</entry>
+ <entry>secret_service_load_collections_sync() and secret_service_get_collections()</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gnome_keyring_set_default_keyring()</entry>
+ <entry>secret_service_set_alias()</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gnome_keyring_set_default_keyring_sync()</entry>
+ <entry>secret_service_set_alias_sync()</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gnome_keyring_get_default_keyring()</entry>
+ <entry>secret_collection_for_alias() with %SECRET_COLLECTION_DEFAULT</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gnome_keyring_get_default_keyring_sync()</entry>
+ <entry>secret_collection_for_alias_sync() with %SECRET_COLLECTION_DEFAULT</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gnome_keyring_list_item_ids()</entry>
+ <entry>secret_collection_load_items() and secret_collection_get_items()</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gnome_keyring_list_item_ids_sync()</entry>
+ <entry>secret_collection_load_items_sync() and secret_collection_get_items()</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>#GnomeKeyringInfo</entry>
+ <entry>#SecretCollection and properties</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gnome_keyring_get_info()</entry>
+ <entry>no equivalent</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gnome_keyring_get_info_sync()</entry>
+ <entry>no equivalent()</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gnome_keyring_set_info()</entry>
+ <entry>no equivalent, use property setters on #SecretCollection</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gnome_keyring_set_info_sync()</entry>
+ <entry>no equivalent, use property setters on #SecretCollection</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gnome_keyring_info_free()</entry>
+ <entry>no equivalent</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gnome_keyring_info_copy()</entry>
+ <entry>no equivalent</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gnome_keyring_info_set_lock_on_idle()</entry>
+ <entry>no equivalent</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gnome_keyring_info_get_lock_on_idle()</entry>
+ <entry>no equivalent</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gnome_keyring_info_set_lock_timeout()</entry>
+ <entry>no equivalent</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gnome_keyring_info_get_lock_timeout()</entry>
+ <entry>no equivalent</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gnome_keyring_info_get_mtime()</entry>
+ <entry>secret_collection_get_modified()</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gnome_keyring_info_get_ctime()</entry>
+ <entry>secret_collection_get_created()</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gnome_keyring_info_get_is_locked()</entry>
+ <entry>secret_collection_get_locked()</entry>
+ </row>
+ </tbody>
+ </tgroup></table></para>
+</section>
+
+<section id="migrating-locking">
+ <title>Locking and unlocking</title>
+
+ <para>In libsecret you can unlock items directly, and the result is
+ (with gnome-keyring daemon) that the enclosing collection will be unlocked.</para>
+
+ <para>It is no longer possible to pass a password to unlock keyrings.
+ These are automatically prompted for.</para>
+
+ <para>Replacements for related libgnome-keyring functions and types
+ are described below:
+ <table><tgroup cols="2">
+ <thead><row><entry>libgnome-keyring</entry><entry>libsecret</entry></row></thead>
+ <tbody>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gnome_keyring_unlock()</entry>
+ <entry>secret_service_unlock()</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gnome_keyring_unlock_sync()</entry>
+ <entry>secret_service_unlock_sync()</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gnome_keyring_lock()</entry>
+ <entry>secret_service_lock()</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gnome_keyring_lock_sync()</entry>
+ <entry>secret_service_lock_sync()</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gnome_keyring_lock_all()</entry>
+ <entry>no equivalent, use platform specific DBus APIs</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gnome_keyring_lock_all_sync()</entry>
+ <entry>no equivalent, use platform specific DBus APIs</entry>
+ </row>
+ </tbody>
+ </tgroup></table></para>
+</section>
+
+<section id="migrating-memory">
+ <title>Non-pageable memory</title>
+
+ <para>libsecret no longer provides a full API for using non-pageable
+ memory. Use the <ulink url="http://developer.gnome.org/gcr/stable/gcr-Non-pageable-Memory.html">equivalent API in the Gcr library</ulink>.</para>
+
+ <para>You can request that passwords are returned in non-pageable
+ memory by using the secret_password_lookup_nonpageable_sync() and
+ secret_password_lookup_nonpageable_finish() functions.
+ In addition the contents of #SecretValue items is stored in
+ non-pageable memory, unless the system doesn't support this.</para>
+
+ <para>Replacements for related libgnome-keyring functions and types
+ are described below:
+ <table><tgroup cols="2">
+ <thead><row><entry>libgnome-keyring</entry><entry>libsecret</entry></row></thead>
+ <tbody>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gnome_keyring_memory_alloc()</entry>
+ <entry>no equivalent, use Gcr</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gnome_keyring_memory_free()</entry>
+ <entry>secret_password_free(), although this only works on strings</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gnome_keyring_memory_is_secure()</entry>
+ <entry>no equivalent, use Gcr</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gnome_keyring_memory_new()</entry>
+ <entry>no equivalent, use Gcr</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gnome_keyring_memory_realloc()</entry>
+ <entry>no equivalent, use Gcr</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gnome_keyring_memory_strdup()</entry>
+ <entry>no equivalent, use #SecretValue which is ref-counted, or use Gcr</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gnome_keyring_memory_try_alloc()</entry>
+ <entry>no equivalent, use Gcr</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gnome_keyring_memory_try_realloc()</entry>
+ <entry>no equivalent, use Gcr</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gnome_keyring_free_password()</entry>
+ <entry>secret_password_free()</entry>
+ </row>
+ </tbody>
+ </tgroup></table></para>
+</section>
+
+<section id="migrating-misc">
+ <title>Errors and cancellation</title>
+
+ <para>libsecret uses standard the standard #GCancellable idiom
+ to cancel operations.</para>
+
+ <para>It is not necessary to check whether the keyring daemon is
+ available before using it. It is started automatically.</para>
+
+ <para>Errors are returned as standard #GError in the usual way.
+ There are fewer errors that are worth handling in an intelligent way,
+ exceptions are in the #SecretError enumeration. It is not recommended
+ to display any #GError message returned by libsecret to the user. Most
+ of the possible errors are DBus communication problems or similar.</para>
+
+ <para>Replacements for related libgnome-keyring functions and types
+ are described below:
+ <table><tgroup cols="2">
+ <thead><row><entry>libgnome-keyring</entry><entry>libsecret</entry></row></thead>
+ <tbody>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gnome_keyring_cancel_request()</entry>
+ <entry>g_cancellable_cancel() on a #GCancellable passed to the relevant operation</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gnome_keyring_is_available()</entry>
+ <entry>no equivalent, the secret service is autostarted as necessary</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gnome_keyring_result_to_message()</entry>
+ <entry>use the message in the #GError, although most failures are not appropriate for display to the user</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>%GNOME_KEYRING_RESULT_OK</entry>
+ <entry>no #GError returned</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>%GNOME_KEYRING_RESULT_DENIED</entry>
+ <entry>no longer used, item or collection is simply not unlocked</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>%GNOME_KEYRING_RESULT_NO_KEYRING_DAEMON</entry>
+ <entry>%G_DBUS_ERROR_SPAWN_SERVICE_NOT_FOUND</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>%GNOME_KEYRING_RESULT_ALREADY_UNLOCKED</entry>
+ <entry>no error, success returned</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>%GNOME_KEYRING_RESULT_NO_SUCH_KEYRING</entry>
+ <entry>keyrings no longer have names, accessing an missing DBus object has usual failure</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>%GNOME_KEYRING_RESULT_BAD_ARGUMENTS</entry>
+ <entry>%G_DBUS_ERROR_INVALID_ARGS or precondition failure in libsecret, this is always
+ a programmer error</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>%GNOME_KEYRING_RESULT_IO_ERROR</entry>
+ <entry>relevant DBus errors, or %SECRET_ERROR_PROTOCOL</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>%GNOME_KEYRING_RESULT_CANCELLED</entry>
+ <entry>%G_IO_ERROR_CANCELLED</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>%GNOME_KEYRING_RESULT_KEYRING_ALREADY_EXISTS</entry>
+ <entry>no error, simply returns already existing keyring</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>%GNOME_KEYRING_RESULT_NO_MATCH</entry>
+ <entry>on error, an empty list is returned</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>gnome_keyring_string_list_free()</entry>
+ <entry>no equivalent</entry>
+ </row>
+ </tbody>
+ </tgroup></table></para>
+</section>
+
+</chapter>
+
+</part>