gnome keyring always needs to be unlocked
Zack Cerza
zcerza at redhat.com
Wed Oct 17 15:46:59 UTC 2007
Jon Nettleton wrote:
> On 10/16/07, Zack Cerza <zcerza at redhat.com> wrote:
>> Louis E Garcia II wrote:
>>> when logging on I need to give gnome-keyring the password to unlock even
>>> though I check it so it unlocks automatically. What gives?
>>>
>>> -Louis
>> From what I understand, the feature isn't complete and depends on [0].
>> Matthias said in [1] that he removed the checkboxes until that work is
>> finished.
>>
>
> We decided yesterday it would definitely be better to turn that off
> rather than feel the wrath of thousands of people checking that box
> and it not doing anything. If you don't use a smart card reader or a
> biometric authentication device, you can edit /etc/pam.d/gdm and move
> the
> auth line for pam_gnome_keyring above the system auth include.
> However I take no responsibility for what it could possibly break in
> the future ;-).
>
> Jon
That was definitely the right decision. However, here's to hoping the
feature does get fully implemented, because that would obviously be
awesome. :)
Zack
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