"Unlock Private Key" dialog mysteriously refers to "an application"
Bug #246185 reported by
Matthew Paul Thomas
This bug affects 16 people
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GNOME Keyring |
Confirmed
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Medium
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| gnome-keyring (Ubuntu) |
Triaged
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Low
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Ubuntu Desktop Bugs | ||
Bug Description
Binary package hint: gnome-keyring
Ubuntu 8.04, all updates installed
Several times after I log in, an "Unlock Private Key" dialog pops up. The dialog says something like "An application is trying to access the private key 'id_rsa', but it is locked", and asks me to enter my passphrase. (I'm not sure of the exact wording, because while this dialog is open I can focus other windows but not type into them, and nor am I allowed to take a screenshot.)
This question is useless, because it doesn't identify the application that wants to access my key. It should gave the .desktop name of the application if there is one, or the name of the binary otherwise.
| description: | updated |
| Changed in gnome-keyring: | |
| importance: | Undecided → Low |
Revision history for this message
| Kai Mast (kai-mast) wrote | #1 |
Revision history for this message
| Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote | #2 |
| Changed in gnome-keyring: | |
| assignee: | nobody → desktop-bugs |
| status: | New → Triaged |
| Changed in gnome-keyring: | |
| status: | Unknown → New |
Revision history for this message
| Trey Ethridge (tethridge) wrote | #3 |
| Changed in gnome-keyring: | |
| importance: | Unknown → Medium |
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| David (lofidevops) wrote | #5 |
| tags: | added: rls-w-incomming |
| tags: |
added: rls-w-incoming removed: rls-w-incomming |
| Changed in gnome-keyring: | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
| tags: |
added: rls-x-incoming removed: rls-w-incoming |
| tags: |
added: rls-x-notfixing removed: rls-x-incoming |
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I have the same issue on Jaunty. It does just say "Allow access to keyring?" nothing more. There must be a way to state which app this wants otherwise GNOME Keyring is pretty insecure.