Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: evolution
Hi...
I am not sure why - but since I use Ubuntu 9.04 I get asked for the
password regularly. It's not like every time I use evolution. But every
now an then. There must have been an issue regarding the gnome-keyring
in ubuntu 9.04 alpha4 - but this seems solved though.
The problem is more fundamental:
Every time a login fails the password will be erased. This sucks big time since
there are some mail services around (eg. gmx.de) which will not allow more than
a limited number of logins per time. If you are logging in to frequently -
maybe during testing and relogin (evolution is a start application) or may it
be as you where awaiting an urgent message and have clicked "Receive / Send"
too often - your password will be erased.
Chances are good that the password will not change too often. So I think
it is a good idea to define it in the profile settings. That makes it
possible to change it afterwards and there is no need for a password
request anymore. The password should then never be erased.
The current behavior has also another drawback:
If you are away with your notebook and the password gets erased - you will only
be able to use evolution if you have the password at hand. On the other hand if
you have it with you - the password might be useless at all - since everybody
can use it (in case you don't use a password safe).
If the password is invalid a warning will be displayed in the new
errorlog (I really like this feature - thanks again!). The user has to
change the password manually.
With this changes there should be no more annoying password request
dialogs.
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/evolution
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: evolution 2.26.0-0ubuntu2
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: evolution
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-11-generic x86_64
** Affects: evolution (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug
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Most annoying password behavior
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/352506
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