Re: login keychain, is it safe?

[Adam Schreiber <sadam gnome org>]

2009/5/14 Martin Janovský <martian seznam cz>:
> I have a rather noob question. Is it safe to use /login/ key chain to
> store passwords of various applications? This keychain is unlocked when
> I log to my Gnome desktop, is it encrypted on disk the same way as
> /default /or any other key chain? Where are the actual passwords saved
> (I want to check how they look on disk) ?

Yes, especially when you lock your screen when you walk away from your
computer and use a strong login password.

~/.gnome2/keyrings

> If you can point me to some basic information on how Seahorse works,
> please do so.

What exactly are you looking for?  There's a manual included that
indicates how to do most basic tasks.

Cheers,

Adam