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Bug 627262 - gnome-keyring-daemon password dialog provents screensaver to lock the screen
gnome-keyring-daemon password dialog provents screensaver to lock the screen
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: gnome-keyring
Classification: Core
Component: prompting
2.30.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: GNOME keyring maintainer(s)
GNOME keyring maintainer(s)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2010-08-18 13:47 UTC by Pedro Villavicencio
Modified: 2012-03-15 09:37 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.29/2.30



Description Pedro Villavicencio 2010-08-18 13:47:40 UTC
this report has been filed here:

https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-keyring/+bug/618141

"On some configurations, you must enter your password to unlock the gnome-keyring, so a dialog pop ups asking for your password.

This dialog prevents the screen to lock, so after some inactivity the computer will still be unlocked. This dialog grabs all the keyboard input, but not all the mouse input, so you can still fiddle around an do bad things.

Just after the dialog is closed (cancelled or accepted) the screen is locked. If the dialog also grabbed the mouse input, this would solve the security issue. But if someone is there inputting the password, it's weird to lock the screen after some activity.

So, my proposal is simple: just lock the screen, ignoring this dialog. I can't see a reason for this dialog to be blocking the screensaver or whatever. This is causing some security and also usability issues."
Comment 1 Stef Walter 2010-09-05 01:11:38 UTC
What happens when a gksudo dialog box (like the one that comes up if you choose Synaptic Package Manager from the Administration menu) is up and the screensaver wants to activate?
Comment 2 Stef Walter 2012-03-15 09:37:42 UTC
Prompting now happens in gnome-shell. I believe gnome-shell handles this correctly.