Trying to create new secrets in the GNOME keyring via auth-source results in
The Secrets API auth-source backend doesn’t support creation yet
How can I manually create this secret?
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Felipe
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This is a known restriction, see https://debbugs.gnu.org/30246 . It's on my todo list, with slow progress. – Michael Albinus Apr 01 '18 at 07:40
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I saw that! This is simply a stop gap measure in the meantime that I've had to use a couple of times – Felipe Apr 01 '18 at 14:01
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The first thing to do is confirm which fields need to be included in the secret. Frequently this includes host and user. For smtp, this also includes port. You can find this information by looking for an auth-source-search call (or using edebug to pause execution on it).
If all you need is host and user, you can use a graphical client like Seahorse if you have it already. Otherwise, you can manually create the secret using Python and secretstorage as follows:
import secretstorage
bus = secretstorage.dbus_init()
collection = secretstorage.get_default_collection(bus)
fields = {'field1': 'field1-value', 'field2': 'field2-value'}
secret = input('Enter secret followed by RET: ')
collection.create_item("Secret name", fields, secret)
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