Gnome-keyring should use PAM

Bug #87070 reported by Lionel Dricot
This bug report is a duplicate of:  Bug #43169: RFE: Update pam to 0.99 or greater. Edit Remove
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
gnome-keyring (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Wishlist
Ubuntu Desktop Bugs

Bug Description

Binary package hint: gnome-keyring

If a program that use gnome-keyring is launhed at the start of your session (ie network-manager), you will be prompted for your password just after your login !

This is really bad.

But it's even worst because the gnome-keyring password is different than the login password ! So things become way too complex for a normal user and just boring for the average geek.

A solution exist : change gnome-keyring so it uses PAM. This is described here :
http://johnny.chadda.se/2007/02/21/unlock-the-gnome-keyring-upon-login/

I think that it should be the default for Feisty, given that network-manager will be installed by default.

Also, it might automatically solve this bug :
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-keyring-manager/+bug/35959

Revision history for this message
Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Thanks for the bug report. This particular bug has already been reported, but feel free to report any other bugs you find.

Changed in gnome-keyring:
assignee: nobody → desktop-bugs
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
status: Unconfirmed → Rejected
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