#925398 gnome-keyring: Checkbox in password prompt does not remember state

Package:
gnome-keyring
Source:
gnome-keyring
Description:
GNOME keyring services (daemon and tools)
Submitter:
Tobias Bengfort
Date:
2023-01-23 21:09:07 UTC
Severity:
normal
#925398#5
Date:
2019-03-24 10:37:01 UTC
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Dear Maintainer,

after login, a prompt shows up asking me to unlock the keyring. It
contains a checkbox with the label "Automatically unlock this keyring
whenever I'm logged in". It is checked by default. I always uncheck it.

One time I forgot to uncheck this checkbox. The result was that I was
never asked again. It took some time until I noticed the absence of the
prompt. Then I had to find out that I had to open seahorse and delete
the "Login" keyring to restore the original behavior.

I think the checkbox in its current state is pretty much useless. As I
have just explained, this is not a case-by-case decision but a permanent
one. So the state of this checkbox should be remembered or the whole
checkbox should be moved somewhere else.
#925398#10
Date:
2020-11-11 08:11:32 UTC
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possible to enable it either.

Looking through the source code I believe there should be some settings
dialog, but I don't know where to find it in the UI.

gnome-keyring: 3.28.2-5
gcr: 3.28.1-1
#925398#15
Date:
2021-08-30 06:33:06 UTC
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after updating to bullseye the checkbox (and therefore the issue) is
there agian.
#925398#20
Date:
2023-01-23 21:05:47 UTC
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I think the checkbox goes away if libpam-gnome-keyring is uninstalled.
This works as a temporary workaround, but is not a real solution.