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- gnome-keyring for Debian
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-
- Password caching
- ----------------
- GNOME keyring caches the passwords in memory, and when asked to, it will
- store them on disk (in .gnome2/keyrings). They are encrypted with the
- AES128 cipher, using a master password as key.
-
- Login keyring
- -------------
- If you use GDM, and libpam-gnome-keyring is installed, the GNOME keyring
- daemon is spawned directly at the time of authentication, and the
- keyring named "login" is unlocked. This keyring uses the authentication
- token as a master password.
-
- Otherwise, it is launched by the session manager, and you will be asked
- for a password for the "Default" keyring.
-
- If you change your authentication password (using passwd or
- gnome-about-me for example), the password for the login keyrign should
- be updated automatically.
-
- SSH agent
- ---------
- The GNOME keyring includes the functionality of the SSH agent, and it
- can break some setups, especially if ssh-agent is started by hand. If
- you want to disable it, you can set the
- /apps/gnome-keyring/daemon-components/ssh GConf key to false.
-