Encryption query
Jack
ostroffjh at users.sourceforge.net
Thu Oct 27 14:32:59 UTC 2016
On 2016.10.27 08:06, aga wrote:
> On 27/10/16 11:51, Thomas Baumgart wrote:
> > Allan,
> >
> > On Thursday 27 October 2016 11:28:47 aga wrote:
> >
> >> The last couple of times I've saved my file, I've received a
> warning
> >> about the dire consequences of possible data loss if I were to
> lose my
> >> password.
> >>
> >> I've looked in KMM settings and encryption is off. I checked
> ccmake and
> >> couldn't see an option for encryption, but in the summary, KDE PIM
> >> encryotion is shown as enabled.
> >>
> >> Do I have a problem? Can I disable encryption? How?
> >
> > No, I don't think you have a problem. The storage method is kept in
> the data
> > file, so if you open a file that was encrypted it will be saved
> encrypted
> > again. And that, if you decrypt it externally and open it as an XML
> file. If
> > you want to permanently remove the encryption from it, you need to
> 'save as'
> > and select a non-encrypting method.
> >
> > Hope that helps.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> >
> > Thomas
> >
>
> Hi Thomas
>
> Erm.. Shouldn't the file dialogs then allow selection of encryption
> method? Neither Load nor Save does now here.
>
> I'm on kf5, and seem to remember seeing them previously.
>
> I hadn't, deliberately, encrypted any KMM files.
>
> Allan
The Save As dialog does so in 4.8. Has that been fully ported to
Frameworks? I also wonder why it would warn about losing access if it
is not saving encrypted. Did that possibly get changed in the port to
Frameworks?
Alan - you have not explicitly said whether your file is actually being
saved encrypted or not, but I assume not?
Jack
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