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Bug 627117 - Implement master password
Implement master password
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: seahorse
Classification: Applications
Component: general
2.32.x
Other Linux
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: Seahorse Maintainer
Seahorse Maintainer
: 604843 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2010-08-17 08:41 UTC by joopbraak
Modified: 2018-08-03 19:19 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---



Description joopbraak 2010-08-17 08:41:39 UTC
I want seahorse to always ask for a master password when opening.

As it is now, when I forget to lock my screen or when I let somebody else work on my computer, they are able to open seahorse and see all my stored passwords in plain text.

I don't want that!

Can this be implemented, or is it already possible ?

Thanks in advance.

I have Ubuntu 10.04.
Comment 1 Stef Walter 2010-12-13 17:13:08 UTC
*** Bug 604843 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 2 arielgnu 2011-05-05 21:43:04 UTC
This was discussed here too https://bugzilla.gnome.org/process_bug.cgi
Comment 3 arielgnu 2011-05-05 21:46:46 UTC
I meant here https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=551036
Comment 4 arielgnu 2011-05-06 19:38:40 UTC
I know there must be hundreds of ways to get your privacy compromise if
some one uses your computer while you are gone, but you don't have to be
a computer genius to open seahorse in less than 30 secs. In my opinion,
there is different computer levels, I feel I'm just in the desktop
level, and the fact that using the mouse is all you have to know to open
seahorse and watch somebody else password doesn't feel right to me.
Comment 5 joopbraak 2011-05-10 01:05:07 UTC
Ubuntu 11.04 , Seahorse 2.32.0, still this (what I think should be basic) functionality is missing.
Comment 6 Stef Walter 2011-05-10 19:33:41 UTC
Here are the current options for having a 'master password':

 * Locking the screen is your master password.
 * Create a second keyring (using seahorse), set it to default, and when unlocking, it use a timeout.
Comment 7 GNOME Infrastructure Team 2018-08-03 19:19:30 UTC
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