I just added bug #376225 before finding this.  I'll leave it to others
to decide whether to mark as a duplicate, since this bug is supposedly
about LDAP, Active Directory, or Kerberos also.

However, I think I can contribute to this discussion.
Sebastien Bacher  wrote:
> how would you suggest it to know about system password changes and the new 
> password to use?

The mechanism has already existed at one point, see 
/usr/share/doc/gnome-keyring/README.Debian.  It suggests you add the following 
line to /etc/pam.d/common-password:
password optional pam_gnome_keyring.so

I tried this and it does not work, it must have been broken at some
point.  To fix this bug, I suggest you fix this feature, and make it the
default.


I'd also like to say, however, that I feel marking this bug as "Wishlist" is 
inappropriate.  Two people I know spent months being forced to type their old, 
long-obsoleted passwords just so NetworkManager would allow them on their 
wireless network.  This is a bug.

Sebastien Bacher  wrote:
> not really no, libpam-gnome-keyring try to unlock the gnome-keyring using the 
> password that you typed, if you happen to have the same password for login 
> and gnome-keyring that works but otherwise that doesn't

Then this behavior should be changed, it's as simple as that.  You're
talking about preserving a severe usability issue, for the sake of a
feature that is completely useless to almost anybody.  You could
consider following Alex Mauer's step-by-step suggestion to keep the
option available.  Otherwise, just forget about it, and tie the login
keyring to the login password.  No one will mind and many will be
helped.

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libpam-gnome-keyring: keyring password should be updated or cleared when a new 
system password is used
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/322827
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