The procedure the change the master password is too complex

[João Pinto]

Binary package hint: seahorse

The procedure to change gnome keyring's password is too complex.
Opening a folder properties and then selecting "Change password" is not a common way to change a master password for an application/system.

Evidence that this a common issue:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/seahorse/+bug/449464
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=157808
http://www.code-muse.com/blog/?p=53

Having to open the properties for a folder

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Dec 19 10:24:40 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Package: seahorse 2.29.3-0ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=pt_PT.UTF-8
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=pt_PT.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-8.12-generic
SourcePackage: seahorse
Tags: lucid
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-8-generic x86_64

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thank you for your bug report. The issue is an upstream one and it would be nice if somebody having it could send the bug the to the people writting the software (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Upstream/GNOME)

[Andreas Moog (ampelbein)]

This has been reported to the developers of the software, you can make comments and track the status at https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=643885

[Andreas Moog (ampelbein)]

Comment from upstream:

"In general this should not be necessary for normal users to do.

 1. The login keyring password should be kept in sync with the user's unix
    password. This occurs automatically when a proper password changing tool
    (such as 'passwd') is used. The tool needs to use the standard PAM
    facilities to change the user's password.

 2. Even if the password gets out of sync, gnome-keyring-2.91.1 and later
    helps to fix the user's password when it gets out of sync. The first time
    its detected that the password for the login keyring and user's unix
    password are out of sync, the user is prompted to enter their old
    password, and the login keyring is then changed to the new password.

If there are additional design changes that are suggested, please add them to
this ticket."

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