Ubuntu
libsecret package

Cannot store password. Password prompt never ends

Bug #1837318 reported by Kirill Fertikov
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This bug affects 2 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
libsecret (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Low
Unassigned

Bug Description

Cannot store password using secret-tool.

I do the following:

$ secret-tool store --label='MyService' service myservice
Password:
sf
^C

The thing is when I hit ENTER and inserting the password, the password prompt never end. So I have to hit Ctrl+C to quit the program, and hence the password is not saved.

Here are my system details:

$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS
Release: 18.04
Codename: bionic

$ apt-cache policy libsecret-tools
libsecret-tools:
  Installed: 0.18.6-1
  Candidate: 0.18.6-1
  Version table:
 *** 0.18.6-1 500
        500 http://ru.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in libsecret (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Revision history for this message
Gernot Leitgab (leitgab) wrote :

It is working on my actual workstation:
$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (beaver-three-eyed-raven X92)
Release: 18.04
Codename: bionic

$ apt-cache policy libsecret-tools
libsecret-tools:
  Installiert: 0.18.6-1
  Installationskandidat: 0.18.6-1
  Versionstabelle:
 *** 0.18.6-1 500
        500 http://at.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

But I have the same problem on my fresh installed workstation:
$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
Release: 20.04
Codename: focal

$ apt-cache policy libsecret-tools
libsecret-tools:
  Installiert: 0.20.3-0ubuntu1
  Installationskandidat: 0.20.3-0ubuntu1
  Versionstabelle:
 *** 0.20.3-0ubuntu1 500
        500 http://at.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/universe amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     0.20.2-1 500
        500 http://at.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal/universe amd64 Packages

So maybe it has to do with a (missing) setting or it is the result of an incomplete setup?

Revision history for this message
Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Thank you for your bug report and sorry for the lack of response, there is no dedicated maintainer for that component on Ubuntu, you would probably have a better chance by reporting directly upstream https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libsecret/

Changed in libsecret (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
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