Keyring password (Re: Installation report for UNR 20090324 on Acer Aspire One)

[Mackenzie Morgan]

On Thursday 26 March 2009 9:47:14 am Andrew Barbaccia wrote:
> >
> > I think I'd just prefer a prompt for the user's login password.  This way,
> > regardless of whether auto-login is in use, the end result (by default) is
> > a
> > keyring which is encrypted with the user's login password.
> >
> > If they want anything fancier than that, they can change the keyring
> > preferences directly.
> 
> 
> I think Matt's approach is a good default for desktop security. We still
> would provide the ability to lock it down further for those with more
> concerns. I would like to propose one change to help handle the auto-login /
> wifi password issue:
> 
> 
>    - Alter the keyring password dialog to include a checkbox with something
>    like: "Store this password unsecured and don't show me this again"
> 
> 
> BTW, is there a GUI for managing the keyring?

Seahorse.

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Mackenzie Morgan
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