How to change passphrase on gnome-keyring?

Matthew Saltzman mjs at ces.clemson.edu
Mon Jan 8 02:59:47 UTC 2007


On Sat, 6 Jan 2007, David Jansen wrote:

> Thanks for pointing me to pam-keyring-tool (btw, it's in /usr/libexec so
> not in the standard path). However, from the --help output I see nothing
> that allows one to change the password, so it may not be what I was
> looking for.

Yep, you're right.  I spoke from memory.  They say the memory is the 
second thing to go...

>
> I did find a patched set of keyring utilities at
> http://www.hekanetworks.com/index.php/publisher/articleview/frmArticleID/25/staticId/31/
> but these are based on an older version of gnome-keyring so I'm
> reluctant to install them (well, I'm always reluctant to replace parts
> of Fedora Core). But if such a patch exists, it may be time to file a
> request for enhancement in bugzilla.

I say go for it.  If I have a few minutes at some point, I'll see if the 
patch at heka applies.



>
> David Jansen
>
> On Thu, Jan 04, 2007 at 09:30:56PM -0500, Matthew Saltzman wrote:
>> On Thu, 4 Jan 2007, David Jansen wrote:
>>
>>> Is it possible (and how!) to change the passphrase of an existing
>>> keyring in the gnome-keyring. The reason I want to do this: pam_keyring
>>> can unlock the keyring if the passwords are identical, and I wanted to
>>> start the new year with a frssh, secure new password.
>>> However, I cannot find the option to change the passphrase anywhere in
>>> gnome, gnome-keyring-manager, gconf etc (FC6 i386 system)
>>
>> pam-keyring-tool is part of the pam_keyring RPM.
>>
>> $ /usr/libexec/pam-keyring-tool --help
>> Usage:
>>   pam-keyring-tool [OPTION...]
>>
>> Help Options:
>>   -?, --help            Show help options
>>
>> Application Options:
>>   -u, --unlock          Unlock Keyring
>>   -g, --get-default     Get Default Keyring
>>   -s, --use-stdin       Use stdin for Password Prompt
>>   --keyring=name        Name of Keyring
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> 		Matthew Saltzman
>>
>> Clemson University Math Sciences
>> mjs AT clemson DOT edu
>> http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs
>>
>>
>>
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>
>
>

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 		Matthew Saltzman

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