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kphotoalbum package

Can't set password in kphotoalbum

Asked by Chris Reeve

Hi, I have just updated kphotoalbum from 3 to 4.0. I'm running eeebuntu base 3.0. I am still quite new to kphotoalbum but have already set up a lot of tags. My problem:

I selected some photos to be "locked away" and then selected "lock images". Although I had not set a password, kphotoalbum asked for one when I tried to unlock the photos again. I looked in my index.xml file and I cannot see a password anywhere in it.

I tried renaming index.xml, restarting kphotoalbum and setting a new album folder. kphotoalbum was no longer locked so I tried setting a password. It asked for an old password to do this, which of course I had not set so don't have.

My current status is that I have accidentally locked away all of my photos of my girlfriend when I only meant to lock a few. Can anyone help me find the default password know of a way for turning off the password with a hack?

Cheers,

Chris.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

if you run the app with:

kdesudo kphotoalbum

does it allow you to remove the lock?

Never understood an app that locks data away from its owner, makes no sense at all.

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Chris Reeve (cjreeve) said : 		#2

I don't have kdesudo but I ran "sudo kphotoalbum" from the terminal and when trying to unlock it it still required a password.

The reason for the lock is so that you can store embarrassing photos in the manager and you don't have to worry about a friend seeing thumb nails of you nude while you are browsing for photos you want to show them... At the moment I don't have any such photos that are not encrypted and was just playing with the software.

I had never intended to password protect the 'locked' photos and I think it is probably a bug that I have come across because I never set a password. According to the manual the password is stored in ascii in the file index.xml, but I don't see it so I don't believe the password is actually set. The lock status must be stored somewhere else because it is not reset if I delete index.xml.

Should I file a bug report? Any other ideas how I can turn off the lock? I'll try re-installing maybe, but I expect it is simply set in another acsii file somewhere.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

you dont run gui apps with sudo, you will ruin file permissions and ownerships

gnome uses gksudo and kde uses kdesudo to run gui apps.

Here is why not:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/azureus/+question/72151

I would log a bug for definate. If you open the pics in another app then is the data accessible?

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Chris Reeve (cjreeve) said : 		#4

Yes, kphotoalbum does not encrypt the photos.

I have finally found the file that sets the lock status: kphotoalbumrc, so I guess my problem is now resolved. I guess I can edit this file by hand each time I want to lock/unlock the pictures until it is fixed.

Cheers, Chris.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#5

I'd log the bug and put this as an information update