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|    Carlos E.R. to bad sector    |
|    Re: googleearth login alert    |
|    27 Jun 24 02:30:16    |
   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2024-06-26 23:07, bad sector wrote:   
   > On 6/26/24 01:22, Paul wrote:   
   >> On 6/25/2024 11:01 PM, bad💽sector wrote:   
   >>> On 6/25/24 06:54, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   >>>> On 2024-06-24 22:13, bad sector wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> On launching GE-Pro desktop under Tumbleweed and Plasma6 I on a   
   >>>>> thinkpad T480 I get this:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> "Authentication required   
   >>>>> The login keyring did not get unlocked when   
   >>>>> you logged into your computer.   
   >>>>> Password:__________   
   >>>>> Cancel / Unlock"   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> I just hit 'Cancel' and get on with it but the alert pops up again   
   >>>>> when I close GE.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> In addition EVERY time any password is required the dialog should   
   >>>>> state which password and why!   
   >>>>   
   >>>> The keyring password :-)   
   >>>>   
   >>>> It is a keyring service storing any other password.   
   >>>   
   >>> no clue, the only passwords entrusted to the system are root and user   
   >>> passwords and GE is the only prog asking for whatever it's asking for.   
   >>>   
   >> That keyring request has been seen before. It's not some   
   >> sort of exclusive for Google Earth. It's possible I've   
   >> seen that on Gentoo a while back.   
   >>   
   >> Paul   
   >   
   > I never saw it before, I use yard-and-a-half long passwords with all   
   > manner of exotix characters but no keyrings or dedicated storage.   
   > Everyone wants me to store my passwords all in a single place, and all   
   > my data in 'their' cloud but I store pwds myself as open text, such as:   
   >   
   > 62dC^3&3,,4TBb!3e?@kokkx09{ai#4d==.IjNkNn).[W2e.,iIjDi@k%7bfe?@koh/f>x   
   >   
   > Only I know which parts to cut or keep. All of them contain more than   
   > what's needed but not necessarily in the correct order. It would me more   
   > difficult if I needed hundreds of them :-)   
      
   Yes, but this is not about what you want, but about what the system   
   wants, which is intended to be what it's designers thought you should   
   need. >:-P   
      
   --   
   Cheers, Carlos.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   
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