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.
By default it creates a keyring using your login password [via integration with GDM? I don't remember]. Just run Seahorse and change your keyring password to anything you like. > > 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? gnome-su prompts don't typically same the root-password to the keyring by default; so it doesn't really matter. Anyway, on a Kerberos-enabled network [which I am], su/sudo are password free - I don't get prompted for a password [one either has the privilege to perform an operation or you don't]. _______________________________________________ evolution-list mailing list [email protected] To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
