How to make passwords accessible by the Windows LocalSystem account for a Windows service?
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Description
I can keyring.set_password() as my own username. But my service must run as the LocalSystem account. How can I make saved passwords accessible by this account? I ran Python as that account and get_password() returned nothing, whereas it returns the password on my own account.
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No file, test, or entry point is named. Start by reproducing the reported difference between the user's account and Windows LocalSystem with keyring.set_password() and get_password(); document the supported behavior and the steps or limitation for making a saved password available to that service account.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- authentication, security
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100