Re: [Evolution] login password

[Albert Wagner <albertwagner cox net>]

On 01/17/2011 11:32 AM, Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
> On Mon, 2011-01-17 at 11:01 -0600, Albert Wagner wrote:
> > > And I don't think you need to be particularly "experienced" with them to
> > > let a program use keyrings - it's just an encrypted store of passwords.
> > My login password allows anyone with access to it, including evolution
> > developers, to perform actions requiring root permissions.
> Er, what?? How do evolution developers have access to your password via
> use of the keyring?  They don't, can't, and I suspect you don't
> understand are keyrings work.
Absolutely right.  But I understand popups.
A popup message claims that evolution cannot access the keyring without 
the password used for logging in.  I automatically log in without 
entering my password.
> Even if they did have your username and password, which they don't, how
> would that allow "root" permissions?  Unless you are logging in as root,
> which you shouldn't.
Not logged in as root.  But occasionally I use su and sudo.  Are those 
not available on your distribution?

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