Mogens Kjaer writes:
I use the gnome keyring to manage the Networkmanager keys for WiFi and VPN on F7. I've tried the trick on: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Tools/NetworkManager to avoid being prompted for the keyring password. I've installed pam_keyring and added the two lines to /etc/pam.d/gdm (in the correct places), the file now contains: # cat /etc/pam.d/gdm #%PAM-1.0 auth required pam_env.so auth optional pam_keyring.so try_first_pass auth include system-auth account required pam_nologin.so account include system-auth password include system-auth session optional pam_keyinit.so force revoke session include system-auth session required pam_loginuid.so session optional pam_console.so session optional pam_keyring.so My logon password and the password for the keyring are identical. After a reboot, I still get prompted for the password! What have I missed?
Nothing. I was given the same advice about six months ago, when I complained about this very exact user-unfriendliness, did this, discovered that it didn't work, gave up, and wrote off this as yet another example of refusal to understand what the user experience should be.
Rather than screwing around with pam_keyring, there should simply be an option NOT to have a passphrase-protected keyring in the first place, for those that don't want it, yet gnome-keyring stubbornly insists on a password.
Keep in mind that, even in a perfect world, pam_keyring will still not work if you set gdm to autologin to your main account.
Attachment:
pgpJtL3MMo46d.pgp
Description: PGP signature
