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[Dieki N <dieki.ubuntu@xxxxxxxxx>]

Odd; maybe I'm just experiencing a bug. On my system, I never changed the
password, but it asks it of me every time. I assumed that the behavior was
normal, since it had been so in previous releases. However, if this behavior
isn't normal, I'll go file a bug about it.

On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 10:06 AM, Martin Owens <doctormo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hey Dieki,
>
> On Mon, 2010-08-02 at 09:47 -0500, Dieki N wrote:
> > Therefore, requiring a user password for the keyring is nearly
> > useless; and it's annoying to have to enter one's password when
> > launching Gwibber\Empathy, particularly if they run on startup.  Based
> > on these reasons, it might be a good idea to use unsafe storage for
> > passwords by default, with a good way to turn it on for those users
> > that want it.
>
> I don't think the password is asked for if the hash of the user's
> password is the same as the keyring password.
>
> I got this information from the fact that in 9.10, changing the password
> in the administration > users dialog and it does the right thing and
> updates the keyring. But change your password in Prferences > About Me,
> it doesn't and there after you'd be asked for your keyring password
> after logging in.
>
> Martin,
>
>