[gentoo-user] Gnome-Keyring not unlocking with Slim Autologin

[gentoo-user] Gnome-Keyring not unlocking with Slim Autologin

[Stephen Griffiths]

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Hi all,

I'm having an issue with the Slim Login Manager and it's AutoLogin feature.
With the AutoLogin flag set to "no", when I login, gnome-keyring unlocks
itself fine, with Evolution being able to utilise it.

However, when the AutoLogin flag is set to "yes", Evolution invokes
gnome-keyring to ask for the Password.

Is there some kind of rule where if you AutoLogin, you require some kind of
authentication when it comes to unlocking the keyring?

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Kind Regards,
Stephen Griffiths

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Re: [gentoo-user] Gnome-Keyring not unlocking with Slim Autologin

[Mark David Dumlao]

On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 6:08 PM, Stephen Griffiths <steve@stevegriff.com> wrote:
> Is there some kind of rule where if you AutoLogin, you require some kind of
> authentication when it comes to unlocking the keyring?
That's how the keyring works, in principle. The keyring is a
password-protected secret, and a typical desktop system would be setup
so that the login password you used was also used to unlock the
keyring. With autologin, no password is typed in, so gnome-keyring has
no way of being unlocked without asking you for a password.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Gnome-Keyring not unlocking with Slim Autologin

[Stephen Griffiths]

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Thanks for you reply Mark.

The way you put it makes sense. I guess the option is whether I would like
to have the security risk of having my passwords open without needing any
kind of authentication. But that depends on whether I can bypass needing to
enter a password on autologin in the first please, or if it's not possible.


On 18 December 2012 10:17, Mark David Dumlao <madumlao@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 6:08 PM, Stephen Griffiths <steve@stevegriff.com>
> wrote:
> > Is there some kind of rule where if you AutoLogin, you require some kind
> of
> > authentication when it comes to unlocking the keyring?
> That's how the keyring works, in principle. The keyring is a
> password-protected secret, and a typical desktop system would be setup
> so that the login password you used was also used to unlock the
> keyring. With autologin, no password is typed in, so gnome-keyring has
> no way of being unlocked without asking you for a password.
>
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Re: [gentoo-user] Gnome-Keyring not unlocking with Slim Autologin

[Stephen Griffiths]

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Just to follow up on this. Seeing that I'm happy enough for my machine to
autologin on bootup, I'm happy enough for the gnome-keyring to be
automatically unlocked.

Is there a way of doing this?

Regards, Steve


On 18 December 2012 10:41, Stephen Griffiths <steve@stevegriff.com> wrote:

> Thanks for you reply Mark.
>
> The way you put it makes sense. I guess the option is whether I would like
> to have the security risk of having my passwords open without needing any
> kind of authentication. But that depends on whether I can bypass needing to
> enter a password on autologin in the first please, or if it's not possible.
>
>
> On 18 December 2012 10:17, Mark David Dumlao <madumlao@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 6:08 PM, Stephen Griffiths <steve@stevegriff.com>
>> wrote:
>> > Is there some kind of rule where if you AutoLogin, you require some
>> kind of
>> > authentication when it comes to unlocking the keyring?
>> That's how the keyring works, in principle. The keyring is a
>> password-protected secret, and a typical desktop system would be setup
>> so that the login password you used was also used to unlock the
>> keyring. With autologin, no password is typed in, so gnome-keyring has
>> no way of being unlocked without asking you for a password.
>>
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>>
>>
>
>
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> Stephen Griffiths
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