What is the point of the NM keyring?

[Aaron Konstam]

On Sat, 2008-08-16 at 09:25 -0500, samk at twinix.com wrote:
> See Thread at: http://www.techienuggets.com/Detail?tx=45040 Posted on behalf of a User
> 
> Sigh, getting rather tired of all these IT and Security GURUs telling us how we need to configure our systems all the time. Look, I have a machine that is UNATTENDED and uses a WIRELESS connection. The gnome keyring PREVENTS me from using the machine in this role. This machine must auto login and it must connect to the wireless net to work. The nearest user is about 20 miles away so there is NO login password and NO ONE to enter one. So, can't we just turn the damn gnome keyring OFF?? Sorry if I offend, but I am really fed up with this problem!
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> In Response To: 
> 
> 
> Some kind soul pointed out that one could get rid
> of the demand by NM for a keyring password
> by deleting .gnome2/keyrings/default.keyring
> and then giving an empty password when requested.
We are talking about F9.  F8 had such a file but F9 does not, at least
on my machine.
> 
> But that made me wonder what possible point
> the keyring password could have?
> Is it intended as some kind of security device?
> As far as I can see, you have to be logged in to run NM,
> and if you are logged in you can delete this file.
> 
> I might say the same about the KDE wallet system.
> How does this make one's part of the system more secure,
> since it is open to you to change the wallet password,
> or even to make it empty?
> 
> I live in an old house with hundreds of locks
> on cupboard doors, etc, to which almost all the keys
> have long ago disappeared.
> It seems to me Fedora is getting a bit like that.
> 
> I wish I felt there was someone whose job it was
> to make Fedora/Linux simpler to use
> rather than just adding more features
> with keys and passwords to fit.
> 
> 
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