Re: gnome-keyring has SSH, X.509 certificate and key support

[Stef Walter <stef-list memberwebs com>]

Luis Villa wrote:
>> The 'login' keyring is a keyring that is unlocked by PAM upon successful
>> authentication. When a private key needs to be unlocked (for example
>> when using it to do an SSH login), the 'login' keyring is checked for a
>> relevant password.
> 
> Hrm. Will applications need to be modified to store to this keyring
> instead of the default keyring?

No. The 'login' keyring will become the default keyring if no such
keyring exists. Additionally other keyrings have the option (upon
unlocking, with the click of a checkbox) to slave their unlocking off of
that of the 'login' keyring.

It all sounds very complex, but all most users will ever see is a
checkbox like: "Automatically unlock this on log in".

Details are available under "How it works" here:
http://live.gnome.org/GnomeKeyring/Pam

Cheers,
Stef Walter