install pam_keyring by default in the GNOME based live cd?

Jon Nettleton jon.nettleton at gmail.com
Fri Jun 1 13:17:43 UTC 2007


On Thu, 2007-05-31 at 10:04 -0400, David Zeuthen wrote:
> Hi Jon,
> 
> I'm replying to an old thread; see below. Is there any chance we can get
> pam-keyring in by default for Fedora 8? If yes, how about creating a
> Wiki page for the feature much like the ones Matthias created for other
> F8 bound features as mentioned here
> 
> https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-desktop-list/2007-May/msg00167.html
> 
> so we can track the progress and everyone can get an overview of what
> work is required etc. Thanks!

Top men are on it! Well, as soon as the wiki isn't deathly slow from all
the downloads.  I am also working on getting a Trac instance up for
pam_keyring.  I am hoping I will finally have the time this weekend to
get everything up and ready for public consumption.

Jon

> 
>      David
> 
> On Mon, 2007-03-19 at 10:01 +0100, Jon Nettleton wrote:
> > On Mon, 2007-03-19 at 08:12 +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote:
> > > Dan Williams wrote:
> > > > On Mon, 2007-03-19 at 04:36 +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote:
> > > >> Hi
> > > >>
> > > >> "PAM_KEYRING is a pam module that launches the
> > gnome-keyring-daemon and 
> > > >> then unlocks a keyring using your login password."
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > http://www.hekanetworks.com/index.php/publisher/articleview/frmArticleID/25/staticId/31/
> > > > 
> > > > +1
> > > 
> > > We have two bugs open against pam_keyring now both of which are
> > very 
> > > important to fix if we need to put this in by default. CC'ing the 
> > > current upstream and Fedora maintainer
> > > 
> > > * Should have an automated way to enable - 
> > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=232857
> > > * Make it possible to change keyring password - 
> > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=212845
> > > 
> > > The first bug probably can fixed by adding rpm post installation 
> > > scripts. The second bug currently requiring patching gnome-keyring.
> > 
> > Well you guys caught me at a good time.  I am on vacation this week and
> > one of the things I had planned was to finally push the next version of
> > pam_keyring.  This version will have password changing support in it and
> > should close bug #212845.
> > 
> > I also started working on mockups of system-config-authentication that
> > include a tab that would detect if you had pam_keyring or pam_ssh was
> > available and add check boxes to enable it at graphical login.  Maybe I
> > will spend and hour or two and finish that up.  Does that sound like a
> > good solution for bug #232857?
> > 
> > Jon
> > 
> 




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