Keep List of Shared Locations

[x80486]

I usually share a small subset of what's in the user's home directory. Every time the application starts, this is lost, so I wonder if it's possible to persist that change between sessions/restarts.

[hperrin]

Yeah, I can do that. Actually, it might be good to save the entire config.

[x80486]

That would be great. I think that makes sense, but persisting the password wouldn't be that straightforward, and the application might need some other permissions...so it could be cumbersome 😬

Perhaps the password should be left out? 🤔

[hperrin]

I can persist the password only if the user changes it. Maybe that would be a good approach?

[hperrin]

Or maybe make it an option to save the config and the shared folders separately.

[x80486]

I'm not sure, really. I don't know how that looks like. Is it currently saved anywhere?

What I have in mind is that the application's configuration is a JSON file, so saving the password in clear is not great. But if it's something different, maybe a secure database or something similar, provided by Electron, then it's fine.

[hperrin]

I think I can access the system's keychain from Electron. That could let me store the password encrypted. Right now nothing is saved, it's just a default setup every time you open the app. I could also have it save the window size and location.

[x80486]

OK...that's awesome 🙌

You are going to need to add --filesystem=xdg-run/keyring and --talk-name=org.freedesktop.secrets to the Flatpak manifest — but probably you already knew that.

[hperrin]

I didn't know that. Thank you. :D