MANUAL: add minor sample on how to retrieve a password with a helper python file
Signed-off-by: Nicolas Sebrecht <nicolas.s-dev@laposte.net>
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pythonfile=~/bin/offlineimap-helpers.py
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Here is a basic content sample::
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import commands
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def get_password(account_name):
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cmd = "security find-internet-password -w -a '%s'"% account_name
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(status, output) = commands.getstatusoutput(cmd)
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return output
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From this sample, replace the cmd line with whatever can retrieve your password.
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Your pythonfile needs to contain implementations for the functions
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that you want to use in offflineimaprc. The example uses it for two
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purposes: Fetching passwords from the gnome-keyring and translating
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