Re: password change

[Adam Schreiber <sadam gnome org>]

On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 4:29 PM, Natxo Asenjo <natxo asenjo gmail com> wrote:
> hi,
>
> maybe a stupid question, but is it possible to synchronize the login
> system password with the seahorse keyring password?

Unfortunately not.  When you change your password with passwd, there's
no trigger for PAM to tell gnome-keyring to decrypt and then
re-encrypt your keyring.  PAM also doesn't pass through the new
password or the old one.

> The reason I ask is of course because everytime I need to change my
> password because of company policy, I need to remember to change it in
> seahorse as well. It is not really "user friendly" (I am thinking like
> a user here, I am a sysadmin: if we were using linux more widely in
> our desktops this stuff would give our helpdesk lots of troubles, I
> can assure you).

That's true.  I'm not sure that the server/thin client or corporate
cases fall under gnome-keyring's philosophy. [1]  If you know of a way
forward, let us know.

Cheers,

Adam

[1] http://live.gnome.org/GnomeKeyring/SecurityPhilosophy