[Bug 33485] New: Provide an interface for CMs that provide password storage

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https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33485

           Summary: Provide an interface for CMs that provide password
                    storage
           Product: Telepathy
           Version: git master
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: medium
         Component: tp-spec
        AssignedTo: telepathy-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
        ReportedBy: jonathon at quotidian.org
         QAContact: telepathy-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org


At the moment, when a user provides a password for an account, and instructs
the client to remember the password, it is stored by the client (often in the
system keyring), so that the next time a password prompt is received, the
client can retrieve the saved password and provide it to the CM.  It should be
possible for CMs to be able to store the password themselves so that the
sign-on can be automated without needing to prompt the client for a password at
all.  In order to support this, we need a few changes to current telepathy
interfaces:

- a flag on SASL authentication channels which hints to the client that they
shouldn't store the password themselves
- an interface that SASL channels can implement that allows the client to
instruct the CM to save the password internally
- an interface for the CM and/or Account object that allows the client to
instruct the CM to 'forget' any saved passwords

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