On Mon, 2011-01-17 at 14:08 -0600, Albert Wagner wrote: > On 01/17/2011 11:32 AM, Adam Tauno Williams wrote: > > On Mon, 2011-01-17 at 11:01 -0600, Albert Wagner wrote: > >>> And I don't think you need to be particularly "experienced" with them to > >>> let a program use keyrings - it's just an encrypted store of passwords. > >> My login password allows anyone with access to it, including evolution > >> developers, to perform actions requiring root permissions. > > Er, what?? How do evolution developers have access to your password via > > use of the keyring? They don't, can't, and I suspect you don't > > understand are keyrings work. > Absolutely right. But I understand popups. > A popup message claims that evolution cannot access the keyring without > the password used for logging in. I automatically log in without > entering my password.
Running in circles, and you don't answer the question you were asked. > > Even if they did have your username and password, which they don't, how > > would that allow "root" permissions? Unless you are logging in as root, > > which you shouldn't. > Not logged in as root. But occasionally I use su and sudo. Are those > not available on your distribution? Unrelated and no idea why you mention them here. andre -- mailto:[email protected] | failed http://blogs.gnome.org/aklapper _______________________________________________ evolution-list mailing list [email protected] To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
