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Bug 700245 - Seahorse will not accept blank password for login keyring
Seahorse will not accept blank password for login keyring
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 696304
Product: seahorse
Classification: Applications
Component: general
3.8.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Seahorse Maintainer
Seahorse Maintainer
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2013-05-13 19:03 UTC by Jack O'Connor
Modified: 2013-05-13 19:13 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---

Attachments
screenshot of the dialog in question (30.41 KB, image/png)
2013-05-13 19:03 UTC, Jack O'Connor 		Details
Screenshot of how I got to the change password dialog in Seahorse (85.95 KB, image/png)
2013-05-13 19:07 UTC, Jack O'Connor 		Details

Description Jack O'Connor 2013-05-13 19:03:57 UTC 
Created attachment 244084 [details]
screenshot of the dialog in question

Reports from at least two users on Arch Linux: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1271951#p1271951

Trying to set a blank password brings up the "Store your passwords unencrypted?" warning, as expected. But there's no "Use Unsafe Storage" button in that dialog, and the "Continue" button is disabled. So there's no way to proceed and actually set the password. The only option is Cancel.
Comment 1 Jack O'Connor 2013-05-13 19:07:39 UTC 
Created attachment 244085 [details]
Screenshot of how I got to the change password dialog in Seahorse
Comment 2 Stef Walter 2013-05-13 19:09:11 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 696304 ***
Comment 3 Jack O'Connor 2013-05-13 19:13:28 UTC 
Thanks! Glad to hear there's a fix in the works.