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[Otto Kekäläinen <otto@xxxxxxxx>]

Why was this bug marked invalid? On the contrary it has been very valid
for years and it affects all users who change their password after
initial system installation or user account creation.

Steps to reproduce:
1. Install a fresh Ubuntu
2. Log in and connect to a password protected WLAN (and thus save a password in the Gnome keyring)
3. Log in again and change the password of the user using System > User info > Change password
4. Log in again. Now the Gnome keyring complains that it was unable to open. The computer is not connected to the protected WLAN and the user is asked both the Gnome keyring password and the WLAN password.

Alternatively:
1. In an existing Ubuntu installation, create a new user.
2. Log in with the new user. Connect to Ubuntu One (and thus the Gnome keyring is initialized and the U1 password saved there).
3. Log in again and change the password of the user using System > User info > Change password
4. Log in again (with the new password). Now the Gnome keyring complains that it was unable to open. User is presented with a Gnome keyring password dialog and U1 does not connect to the network automatically as it used.

In both examples inserting the old user password into the Gnome keyring
dialog opens it. Thus it can be concluded that the error happens in step
3: the keyring password should be changed to be the same as the login
password, since it was like that by default earlier.

Normal users don't know anything about the Gnome keyring, so they freak
when they are asked to enter a password again after logging in.

Surprisingly, most users newer change their initial password, so this
bug affects a minority, but still we should not mess with those who
actually want to protect their computer and goes trough the effort of
changing their system password once in a while.

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gnome-keyring passwd should be changed on system password change
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/416825
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