Eclipse secure storage

Question

Is it possible to disable completely the secure storage password of Eclipse? I am running Eclipse Helios on Windows 7.

Answer 1

1. Windows->preferences->then type "secure storage"
2. In the Contents tab, select [Default Secure Storage].
3. Click Delete.
4. Let Eclipse restart.

Answer 2

To disable the master password prompt you have to specifiy a file containing the password with -eclipse.password, see Eclipse SDK Help and Bug 241223.

The complete procedure is as follows (this is on Linux, on Windows it should work as well if you change the paths):

1. Exit Eclipse
2. Delete the directory ~/.eclipse/org.eclipse.equinox.security
3. Create a text file containing your master password, e.g. echo "secret" > ~/.eclipse/master

4. Add to the very top of eclipse.ini, found in the Eclipse program directory (as two lines, don't combine into one)

   -eclipse.password
   /home/user/.eclipse/master
   

5. Start Eclipse again.

Answer 3

Here's my solution in Nano.2 on Windows, and it's nice and easy and seems to be working:

• Window -> Preferences -> General -> Security -> Security Storage
• Password tab: in the Master password providers section, uncheck Windows Integration and UI Prompt

I also tried deleting the [Default Secure Storage] in the Contents tab like some other answers suggested, but this is not needed and it gets recreated upon restart anyways.