I do not want to log into Ubuntu One every time I turn on my computer

For now I unchecked Ubuntu One as a startup application. Perhaps not starting the application at all is the appropriate fix.

Hi Colin,

Is your machine setup to auto-login? If so, you're going to get this prompt for a keyring password unless you reset your keyring to have a blank password (and thus leave any saved passwords in the keychain in clear text, a security risk).

Thank you,

Joshua

I am setup to auto login on my machine.
I understand your point because I have had the same issue with wireless and I left my keyring password blank to address the problem.

What confuses me is the option "Connect on Start".
The way I interpret the option when set to Never is that Ubuntu One will be started and quietly resting in the taskbar until I want to use Ubuntu One and will not log in when Ubuntu One is started.

I suppose the root of the problem is understanding the point of the option "Connect on Start".

Thanks
Colin

Hi Colin and Josh. I just linked a bug, which is now fixed in trunk, that I believe solves this problem for you. The problem was that checking that a token is available in the keyring, and connection were 2 separate steps. The bug fixes adds a check for the token checking, so that it is not done on start, unless "Connect on start" is set to "Always". Sorry for the inconvenience.

As I've spent some hours trying to get my head around this issue, so I'll share my (limited) understanding hoping it makes someone elses search shorter.

The nature of the gnome-keyring and autologin in gdm is better explained here:

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=506356

This issue bothered me when gnome-keyring would want a password when auto-connecting to my wireless network, before the "make this connection available to all users" checkbox was added. It's upsetting to see it rear it's head again, but I'm starting to understand it (I'm no guru).

In short:

If you are logging in to your machine, you can set your gnome-keyring password to the same as your user password, and pam-gnome-keyring will pass the password along, not requiring you to login to gnome-keyring (for ubuntu one, or dedicated wireless credentials.

If you are autologin'ing to your machine, gdm uses su to become your user, without ever using the password. As a result pam-gnome-keyring can't pass the password along, and you need to unlock the gnome-keyring by entering the password.

If you are autologin'ing to your machine, you can set your gnome-keyring password to blank. You will no longer be prompted to enter the gnome-keyring password, but your credentials/passwords/etc. will be stored on your system in plaintext, where anyone (i.e. bad hacker) who gains access to your system could see them.

I hope my understanding/explanation isn't too faulty, and that sharing my understanding helps someone else.

Dave