password and keys

[Gary J. Kirkpatrick]

On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 9:41 AM, Petter Adsen <petter at synth.no> wrote:

> On Wed, 21 Oct 2015 08:37:52 +0200
> "Gary J. Kirkpatrick" <garyartista at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I added a password to Passwords and Keys.  I can unlock the "Login" but
> > Gnome is another matter.  This wasn't an issue before I added a password
> to
> > password and keys so no one who got into my computer could see all the
> > stored passwords.
> >
> > I encrypted my files at installation.  I have the key for that but it
> does
> > not work on Gnome key storage under Certificates.  I thought perhaps I
> > confused an O for a 0 but that did not make any difference.
>
> The ecryptfs passphrase for your home directory is only needed if you
> for example need to take the disk out and mount + unlock it in another
> machine.
>
> > Is the encrypt password the one to use at Gnome key storage under
> > Certificates?
>
> I wouldn't think so. Have you tried with your login password?
>
> > There are '"key servers" under Preferences. So I selected to publish and
> > automatically receive keys.  So far nothing has changed.  I am not sure
> > what this feature does.  It does not make sense from a security point of
> > view to allow someone to retrieve the key so easily.
>
> This is used to send and receive public PGP/GPG keys. If you create one,
> you can use this to sync the public key to the key servers. Public keys
> are meant to be shared, it is the private key and passphrase you need to
> keep secret.
>
> If you are looking for software to manage keys and passwords, I would
> recommend Keepassx (or Keepass 2) over Seahorse ("Passwords and keys").
> There is also compatible software on other platforms, like Android, iOS
> and Windows, so you can use the same database everywhere. It isn't
> integrated into the desktop in the same way that Seahorse is, but it's
> quite good if you need access to your passwords on several devices.
>
> Petter
>
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Tried with login password.  That is not working.  I changed the password to
protect the passwords in Password and Keys.  Maybe I am just entering the
wrong one there.  I fear I have forgotten it as I have tried the passwords
I use in that kind of situations.

garyk
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