Ubuntu
network-manager-applet package

nm-applet tries to unlock the keyring (asks for password) when automatic login is enabled

Bug #223076 reported by Ivan Kuznetsov on 2008-04-27

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #137247: libpam-keyring broken on autologins. Edit Remove

This bug affects 3 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	gnome-keyring (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned
	network-manager-applet (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

After upgrading Ubuntu 7.10 to 8.04 (both Russian versions) on Sony Vaio VGN-FZ11SR nm-applet started asking for the password to unlock the keyring to read passphrase for WLAN with hinned SSID. Passphrase is stored in the keyring, and if access is granted, nm-applect connects fine.

If automatic login is disabled, then nm-applet gains access to the keyring automatically.

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urho (vonturha) wrote on 2008-05-01:

i can confirm this

Changed in network-manager-applet:
status:	New → Confirmed

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Pablo Castellano (pablocastellano) wrote on 2008-08-13:

Yes, i can confirm it too.
This is very annoying, it has always happened to me and I didn't know why.
Automatic login is the problem.

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Henrik (neu242) wrote on 2009-02-07:

This happens for me as well, in 9.04 Jaunty. Either I have to input the password in the login dialogue, or in the keyring (when auto-login is enabled).