Implement API for retrieving usernames
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- Python
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Description
In #394, joshua-johnson-cfa [has discovered](https://github.com/jaraco/keyring/pull/394#discussion_r298291228) that the technique used by keyring is legacy and does not support the interfaces necessary to retrieve usernames.
I'm creating this issue to investigate creating the ctypes wrappers (or maybe CFFI or PyObjC or another alternative) to this (and similar) functions.
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Research direction
Read the discussion in #394 and the referenced pull request first to understand the legacy keyring technique and the required username interfaces. Compare the proposed ctypes, CFFI, and PyObjC approaches; done means a supported API can retrieve usernames and covers the relevant functions.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- security
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 20/100