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[Otto Kekäläinen <otto@xxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

Changing password via username > users > password (gnome-control-center
in Ubuntu 12.04/Unity) does not change the password that protects the
default gnome keyring. Users who change their login password end up in a
situation where random applications start asking for an new password (as
the gnome-keyring dialog pops up). Newbie users get lost by the
situation and their apps stop working correctly.

Steps to reproduce:
1. Login as any user
2. Use some app that relies on gnome-keyring, e.g. Deja Dup when it makes encrypted backups
3. Open Seahorse to view gnome-keyring, and manually check that the "login" keyring actually contains some keys.
4. Click on the username in Unity upper panel, right corner
5. Select User Accounts
6. Click on the dotted area near "Password"
7. Change password.
8. Logout and log in again
9. Open the app used earlier, e.g. Deja Dup and try to make a backup with the old settings.
10. Deja Dup tries to retrieve the key from the keyring and fails, complaingin that the login password is out of sync with the keyring password.

Repeatability: always

Expected result:
The login password should not get out of sync and everything should just work.

Workarounds:
a) change password using "passwd" in terminal, since that is correctly connected via PAM to the gnome-keyring updater.
b) choose a good password at installation or user creation time and never change it
c) manually sync the login keyring via Seahorse, click on "login" keyring with second mouse button, from context menu select "Change password" and enter your old login password (if you remember it anymore) to unlock and twice your current login password to save it as the new keyring password.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: gnome-control-center 1:3.2.2-0ubuntu5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-7.13-generic 3.2.0-rc7
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-7-generic i686
ApportVersion: 1.90-0ubuntu1
Architecture: i386
CheckboxSubmission: e1bb05633900ceab22efaaf3c3d929e4
CheckboxSystem: b845c366ea09c60efa3a45c1b5b21525
Date: Tue Jan  3 21:52:04 2012
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha i386 (20111129.1)
SourcePackage: gnome-control-center
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
usr_lib_gnome-control-center:
 deja-dup           21.2-0ubuntu2
 gnome-bluetooth    3.2.1-1ubuntu3
 indicator-datetime 0.3.1-0ubuntu2

** Affects: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug i386 precise running-unity

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Title:
  Changing user login password in gnome-control-settings does not change
  login key password in gnome-keyring

Status in “gnome-control-center” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Changing password via username > users > password (gnome-control-
  center in Ubuntu 12.04/Unity) does not change the password that
  protects the default gnome keyring. Users who change their login
  password end up in a situation where random applications start asking
  for an new password (as the gnome-keyring dialog pops up). Newbie
  users get lost by the situation and their apps stop working correctly.

  Steps to reproduce:
  1. Login as any user
  2. Use some app that relies on gnome-keyring, e.g. Deja Dup when it makes encrypted backups
  3. Open Seahorse to view gnome-keyring, and manually check that the "login" keyring actually contains some keys.
  4. Click on the username in Unity upper panel, right corner
  5. Select User Accounts
  6. Click on the dotted area near "Password"
  7. Change password.
  8. Logout and log in again
  9. Open the app used earlier, e.g. Deja Dup and try to make a backup with the old settings.
  10. Deja Dup tries to retrieve the key from the keyring and fails, complaingin that the login password is out of sync with the keyring password.

  Repeatability: always

  Expected result:
  The login password should not get out of sync and everything should just work.

  Workarounds:
  a) change password using "passwd" in terminal, since that is correctly connected via PAM to the gnome-keyring updater.
  b) choose a good password at installation or user creation time and never change it
  c) manually sync the login keyring via Seahorse, click on "login" keyring with second mouse button, from context menu select "Change password" and enter your old login password (if you remember it anymore) to unlock and twice your current login password to save it as the new keyring password.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: gnome-control-center 1:3.2.2-0ubuntu5
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-7.13-generic 3.2.0-rc7
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-7-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 1.90-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: i386
  CheckboxSubmission: e1bb05633900ceab22efaaf3c3d929e4
  CheckboxSystem: b845c366ea09c60efa3a45c1b5b21525
  Date: Tue Jan  3 21:52:04 2012
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha i386 (20111129.1)
  SourcePackage: gnome-control-center
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  usr_lib_gnome-control-center:
   deja-dup           21.2-0ubuntu2
   gnome-bluetooth    3.2.1-1ubuntu3
   indicator-datetime 0.3.1-0ubuntu2

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