[jbosstools-dev] Secure Storage default password dialog

[Max Rydahl Andersen]

> I take your points so considering an alternative that will address the deficiencies of the current
> implementation. One point to address though ...
> 
>> Btw. from what I can tell this dialog will only show up *once* per machine and only when using Linux and in context of teiid/server adapter only if your server is remote (i.e. it won't 
>> need to ask when using local servers)
> 
> The dialog (on linux) will always appear at the start of the session asking for the secure storage
> password, due to the teiid runtime client needing the admin password for communication with the
> teiid server.

Doesn't Teiid use the connection jboss server adapter creates ? Thus teiid should not need this unless the Teiid server is remote, right?

Thus this issue (at least from Teiid perspective) is only for Linux with the Teiid server being remote, right?

> Looking into the fragment issue, it seems eclipse defies its own extension by using a fragment for
> windows and macosx. The extension point provides a priority so that multiple password providers can
> be offered yet the fragment does not use it. So ...
> 
> I could separate out my code into a linux-only fragment, and remove the specific references to JBoss
> and Teiid in the dialog messages, thereby 'genericising' it. This would ensure that those users
> running linux, who are the only ones to see it, would get a dialog with much more information
> regarding what the password is for - the primary purpose of overriding the dialog in the first place.

This sounds like a plausible idea.

/max