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Asked by Merlin

I recently changed my password by command at the shell. Now seahorse continually asks me for passwords to post email though i never employed it as I write them down in shorthand in a personal journal.
1: How can I fix this?
2: Is it a sign of compromised security, though I have doubts these machines can ever be secure and are largely a tool for mind reading ( ie. What clicks your stick, by accessing your data and computer habits) by the Arpanet creators, would you make a machine without a secret personal way of accessing it in case of amnesia or other irretrievable data premise? and can access any box any time even some not physically or meta physically connected.
3: Does changing your password via the shell update your other passwords files stored in the application themselves, centrally or elsewhere? One would think it should, but logic can give incorrect answers in abundance.

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Merlin (margaretellenstone) said : 		#1

Also should there be ANY hidden processes on a machine with web access but not network behind the gate or associated with the ATI graphics card?

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Best Pramod Dematagoda (pmdematagoda) said : 		#2

I had this same problem in Fedora 9, I solved it by opening Encryption and Keyrings in System>Preferences>Encryption and Keyrings and then changing the unlock password for the login keyring to the updated one. Perhaps that may work for you as well.

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Merlin (margaretellenstone) said : 		#3

Thanks Pramrod,
I did deduce this but as I had never instigated the program seahorse myself, there were no passwords, at least I could find, it just started butting in so to speak:). I will take another look at it when I have time this afternoon, but may be this is a bug(worth reporting?) as it worked fine for a few instance of evolution(the application where the problem is most apparent and has some real security issues)with the new password until an update then that randy old seahorse started butting my leg, spamming me for passwords the little bastard every time I send an email:) I don't like to have passwords stored on the machine in a bunch accessible to sudoers or anyone hep enough to imitate by script or otherwise anyway, go away you nasty little hippocampus, I guess you can't expect logic from a hormonal pregnant man seahorse :+ If you change the password at the shell, it should change any other applications instance of it by proxy or otherwise under sudo, if the shell is to maintain its integral value.
Thank again for offering advice Pramrod, it kind of you to take the time.

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Merlin (margaretellenstone) said : 		#4

Sea is is set to "login" so all functions should be automatic.I have made no key-rings, maybe a moderator wants to paste this to the guys with the insecticide I don't want to "bug" them in case I am a better judge of such things. God this operating system makes me itchy : \......... but a damn site better than paying 300 bucks for worse entomological sojourns. I am grateful ,just can't get up and running, hampering my 6 white stallions running along the beach self.:}

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Merlin (margaretellenstone) said : 		#5

In the end complete removal of the application and re-installment fixed the major problem, however only on the default of 2 email accounts, though both work, the secondary account requires attention every transaction.
Thank you Pramod for your input.Also the last updates alleviated many of the problems I infer must of come from the ATI video card.
The operating system is now working in a superior manner to any I have used, with the small exception of DVD encoding and the playing of DVD movies which I paid good money for but are useless on this platform, but this is far far from this platforms fault.
Therefore this question has been resolved largely to my satisfaction but any comments regarding DVD facility would be a welcome HU.
Thank you for a generous and philanthropic tool with few equals.

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Pramod Dematagoda (pmdematagoda) said : 		#6

About the DVD encoding and playback problems, perhaps you are missing the libdvdcss2 package which can be obtained from Medibuntu:-
http://www.medibuntu.org/

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Merlin (margaretellenstone) said : 		#7

That did it brother. TAAAAAAAAAA. Now I am at the level where most of the OS is sorted and can concentrate on learning the shell properly to perhaps contribute something other than gripes. Gee these people have done a lot of work in a very philanthropic manner.I had a few bumps in the beginning but now it is not only superior regarding scripting/shell facility but the point and click mob as well.
I never use credit, I know whats coming and besides its poor math,so even though I am unemployed due to computer facilitated redundancy,I will have look to see where i can donate some cash for their generous efforts.to fix all the bugs I had so quickly, must of taken a massive amount of specialized skills and effort generously donated.
Thanks Pramod, that did it,very kind of you to take the time to help, though it is block device accessed, it performs flawlessly once you locate the correct VOB file.
Is there trick to facilitating subtitles for foreign films (that is foreign to me, films other than mindless violence impress me more, nothing like a bit of mindful violence lol, that film " Dealer" was dark but brilliant, like accessing ones sub-conscious. Avalon was another one similar, only about 5% to 10% would get them though,depending on the shrewdness of ones coterie.The flux relative.