Whoever gave NM a keyring

Karl F. Larsen klarsen1 at gmail.com
Sat Nov 7 18:11:49 UTC 2009


Steven Susbauer wrote:
> On Nov 7, 2009, at 10:30 AM, Karl F. Larsen wrote:
> 
>> 	I know your page is about NM and wired Internet. So I did a
>> Google search with:
>>
>> 	ubuntu network manager keyring
>>
>> and this brings up many pages from the Ubuntu pages where
>> people are having trouble with the keyring. They have some
>> good ways to defeat the keyring.
>>
>> 	My bug is about this problem and a new user should not be
>> forced to google a solution to this problem before they get
>> wireless working.
> 
> A new user would not have an issue with this problem. By default the  
> keyring will automatically unlock with the password you set for the  
> user account when you installed Ubuntu, and is thus transparent. I  
> believe the only time you would be asked is if you change your account  
> password, and then you just need to update the keyring password (if it  
> even needs it).
> 

	This is not correct. I KNOW my normal Ubuntu password and it 
did NOT work in the keyring panel at all ever. What password 
are YOU talking about? Does your wireless have a password?


Karl


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