Unlock Keyring

[irv]

Ever since I installed Ubuntuone at boot up I get this message:
Unlock Keyring
This Application 'Ubuntuone-client-Applet' (/usr/bin/python2.6) wants access to the default keyring, but it is locked.
The options are Deny or OK.
Is this something normal? And it is something I should worry about for security reasons?

[zekopeko]

This is completely normal.
A keyring is where Ubuntu stores password from applications that support the keyring. If you use Firefox it's similar to the Master password option so that you don't have to re-type your different password over and over.
You can OK-it.

[irv]

This is completely normal.
A keyring is where Ubuntu stores password from applications that support the keyring. If you use Firefox it's similar to the Master password option so that you don't have to re-type your different password over and over.
You can OK-it.

Thanks that answered my questions.

[cariboo907]

If you disable automatic login, like they've done in Karmic, the keyring doesn't ask for a password, as you've just logged in. :)

[FatalChaos]

They haven't disabled auto login in karmic. When I installed karmic they still asked me if I wanted to use auto login. I said yes, which is a mistake because what they have done is disable the login manager, and so far I haven't found a way to revert back to a regular login.

[zekopeko]

They haven't disabled auto login in karmic. When I installed karmic they still asked me if I wanted to use auto login. I said yes, which is a mistake because what they have done is disable the login manager, and so far I haven't found a way to revert back to a regular login.

Not at my Linux box but you might try looking in the gconf-editor under gdm.
or search in the karmic sub forum.

[volkswagner]

They haven't disabled auto login in karmic. When I installed karmic they still asked me if I wanted to use auto login. I said yes, which is a mistake because what they have done is disable the login manager, and so far I haven't found a way to revert back to a regular login.

I also enabled auto login. There is an option to enable/disable it in

<System> <Administration> <Login Window> then select the Security tab.

[zekopeko]

Not at my Linux box but you might try looking in the gconf-editor under gdm.
or search in the karmic sub forum.

Scratch that. Didn't read carefully.
There is no Login Window applications in Karmic. The GDM is a new code base and they didn't provide a similar tool.

Anyway this shouldn't be discussed here but in the Karmic forum.

[irv]

Scratch that. Didn't read carefully.
There is no Login Window applications in Karmic. The GDM is a new code base and they didn't provide a similar tool.

Anyway this shouldn't be discussed here but in the Karmic forum.

Yes I agree, I started this thread out in Ubuntuone because it was not a Karmic issue.
For the record I am back to loging in and the Unlock Keyring went away. If I do the auto login it comes back. So either way I have to login. to unlock the keyring.

[xagapiou]

Yes I agree, I started this thread out in Ubuntuone because it was not a Karmic issue.
For the record I am back to loging in and the Unlock Keyring went away. If I do the auto login it comes back. So either way I have to login. to unlock the keyring.
It is true that this behaviour is not a karmic only behaviour. In jaunty it exists also.

I have managed with the network asking for permission to access the keyring by enabling the "Available to all" option. Is there a similar one in ubuntuone or a gdm option for ubuntuone to autounlock the keyring??

[community nerd]

I get it every time I type my wep key. It can't remember it becuase my password does not work. It is not the same as my login password. Should I delete the default keyring and add a new one with my log-in password?

[joshuahoover]

I get it every time I type my wep key. It can't remember it becuase my password does not work. It is not the same as my login password. Should I delete the default keyring and add a new one with my log-in password?

Yes, I would delete your default keyring if you can't remember the password. Chances are you changed your login password at one point and it wasn't kept in sync with the keyring password.

-Joshua