Re: Do you use multiple gnome-keyring keyrings?

[Thomas Wood <thos gnome org>]

Nope, never used the multiple keyrings. It never occurred to me that I 
would ever want more than one keyring either.

-Thomas

On 06/04/07 17:57, Nate Nielsen wrote:
> Do you or anyone you know use multiple password keyrings [1] in
> gnome-keyring? That is do they store their passwords in anything but the
> default keyring?
>
> I'm taking a good hard look at gnome-keyring and how to fit in a
> certificate store, and perhaps other technologies in the future. The
> multiple keyring support seriously complicates any design [2]. I'm
> interested in neutering functionality.
>
> If you have a use case, or actual use for multiple keyrings I'd love to
> hear from you.
>
> Disclaimers:
>
>  * Obviously I'm not looking into removing the 'session' keyring [3].
>  * Any changes would happen in a ABI compatible manner.
>
> Cheers,
> Nate Nielsen
>
>
> [1] gnome-keyring-daemon supports having multiple keyrings. Each of
> these store a set of passwords/secrets. Each is encrypted on disk with
> its own 'master' password. One of these is the 'default' keyring. The
> 'default' flag can currently be switched on the fly.
>
> [2] http://live.gnome.org/GnomeKeyring/Cryptoki
>
> [3] The 'session' keyring stores passwords/secrets for the duration of
> the user's login session.
>
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