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Stephen Bannasch

22 Apr, 2010 01:27 AM

I posted a bug report and included the output of: gem env in the bug report.

I only noticed after posting the bug report that this included my gemcutter API key.

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- GEM CONFIGURATION:
   - :update_sources => true
   - :verbose => true
   - :benchmark => false
   - :backtrace => false
   - :bulk_threshold => 1000
   - :sources => ["http://rubygems.org", "http://gems.opscode.com/"]
   - "gemcutter_key" => "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"

However the key displayed by: gem env -- is not the key stored here: ~/.gem/credentials

Which appears to be what is used now: http://rubygems.org/pages/gem_docs.

A couple of questions:

• Is the gemcutter_key displayed by gem env still used?
• If so how can I revoke it and get another and how is it different than the one stored ~/.gem/credentials?
• If not how can I erase it so gem env no longer displays an out-of-date key?

Thanks

1. Support Staff 2 Posted by Nick Quaranto on 22 Apr, 2010 02:35 AM

   

   You can safely remove that line from your ~/.gemrc. It's not used anymore after several complaints about this very situation, which is why it lives in ~/.gem/credentials now.

   You can reset the API key here if you ever need to: http://rubygems.org/profile

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2. Nick Quaranto closed this discussion on 22 Apr, 2010 02:35 AM.

3. Stephen Bannasch re-opened this discussion on 22 Apr, 2010 04:32 AM

4. 3 Posted by Stephen Bannasch on 22 Apr, 2010 04:32 AM

   

   Thanks for clearing that up.

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5. Support Staff 4 Posted by Eric Hodel on 22 Apr, 2010 04:40 AM

   

   RubyGems 1.3.7+ will no longer display the gemcutter_key in gem env so future pasters won't have to worry about this. Instead they'll see "***..."

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6. Nick Quaranto closed this discussion on 17 Jul, 2010 08:28 PM.

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