Query or set repository password in the system credential store

Use pak's keyring functions to query or set a repository password in the system credential store.

repo_auth_key_get(url, username = NULL)

repo_auth_key_set(url, password, username = NULL)

repo_auth_unlock(keyring_password)

Arguments

url

Repository URL. It may contain a username, in which case username may be NULL.

username

User name, if it is not included in url.

password

Password (key) to set.

keyring_password

Password to unlock the keyring.

Value

repo_auth_key_get() returns a single string, the repository password.

Details

repo_auth_key_get() retrieves a password from the default keyring. It errors if it cannot find the credentials for url.

repo_auth_key_set() adds or updates a password in the system credential store.

repo_auth_unlock() unlocks the default keyring, if it is locked. You might need this if the keyring is locked. If you are using ecrypted files to store the keys, then you typically need to call this function in each session. You typically don't need to do that if you are using the native Windows, macOS or Linux (Secret Service) backends.

See also

Other authenticated repositories: Authenticated repositories, repo_auth()