Hi, I'd like any user of my program to optionally be able to Signup/Login to an 'app account' with a password. Is there a class/module already written that aids this functionality? Or any ideas on how I might be able to program securely maintained passwords in the program's storage!
Many thanks,
     chrisRoald

Please be clearer, I have no idea as to what you are asking? "optionally login???" "program storage???"
(and for the sake of it, if you use the term "app" again, I will have to kill your family )

Ok Bruce, no more 'apps', I promise !   Brief description of what I'm looking for:..

My program is a new type of fileManager (called 'metaSpace') that associates all types of files/URLs/text with one another, without the files, for example, needing to be kept in the same directory.  This is achieved by way of JSON files that store all the associations made by the user - these files would usually be kept in the user's normal file storage medium…
But if a user of the program wants to maintain a discreet record (still a JSON structure) of the associations, then I'd like to store the JSON in the 'Data' area of the program; perhaps more securely through creating a Data area sub-directory such as Data/Chris - ie. a 'User Account' from which data can be retrieved when a correct password has been entered in a simple form perhaps.
My question is basically: Is there anywhere in a Gambas program's data structure that a user's username&password can securely be stored, and has anyone already created a component and/or class that achieves this 'user login' facility?   

Thanks for reading,
chrisRoald

chrisRoald said

But if a user of the program wants to maintain a discreet record (still a JSON structure) of the associations, then I'd like to store the JSON in the 'Data' area of the program; perhaps more securely through creating a Data area sub-directory such as Data/Chris - ie. a 'User Account' from which data can be retrieved when a correct password has been entered in a simple form perhaps.
My question is basically: Is there anywhere in a Gambas program's data structure that a user's username&password can securely be stored, and has anyone already created a component and/or class that achieves this 'user login' facility?   

And why not use the existing linux user accounts?
That makes user based storage possible  in the users private space.

If that is not what you want have a look at gb.crypt for password storage.