Ubuntu
seahorse package

seahorse authentication fail

Bug #1409202 reported by esodan
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evolution (Ubuntu)
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seahorse (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

For a long time now, I've receiving messages to authenticate my installed gnome online accounts, but when I write my passwords it simple don't recognize them, no matter how many times I write them correctly, this could be related to seahorse refusing to authenticate as follows.

When I open seahorse and want to unlock Gnome 2 Key Storage, seahorse refuse to authenticate my personal password. Simply there is no way to unlock to add new keys.

I've installed Ubuntu GNOME 15.04 diary iso in a virtual machine. I found this problem is not present on GNOME 3.14 and seahorse 3.14, I've managed to unlock key store and import certificates.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
Package: seahorse 3.12.2-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-25.33-generic 3.16.7
Uname: Linux 3.16.0-25-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia wl
ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: GNOME
Date: Fri Jan 9 13:59:00 2015
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-11-10 (60 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Release amd64 (20141022.1)
SourcePackage: seahorse
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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esodan (esodan-gmail) wrote :
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in seahorse (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Alberto Salvia Novella (es20490446e)
Changed in seahorse (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → High
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wmccarty (wdmlist) wrote :

Hello, This bug affects me as well. In my issue I came upon this bug while researching why Evolution mail seems to 'forget' saved passwords within the keyring.

See this bug:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evolution/+bug/1299604

Today I was trying to figure out why the gnome keyring failed to open when I started my computer, I installed seahorse and noticed the gnome2 keyring would not open, no matter what I did. This Arch Linux article describes exactly what happened.

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=197891

It's funny grey_smurf and I seem to be having the monologue issue just talking to ourselves.

Anyhow, it seems that somehow the way my (kubuntu 14.04) install starts up prevents the gnome2 keyring from opening correctly. I'm not sure if it is related to the fact that I mostly use wifi on this computer and if it is related to the kde keyring opening not on time or on time. Sometimes I can get evolution mail to open the gnome2 keyring by restarting it after I've gone online, but other times it refuses to open even after a restart.

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wmccarty (wdmlist) wrote :

And to really beat the dead horse, this issue reoccurs even after doing the workaround of resetting the keyrings or deleting the passwords.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in evolution (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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