Re: [gcmd-dev] Re: GNOME authentication manager

[Piotr Eljasiak]

> Piotr:
> > I'm not sure if I grok your settings properly...
> 
> I don't run any gnome session. i don't even log in via gmd.
> Just via plain old startx from textconsole. My 'xsession' file just executes 
> wmaker. 
> It's the coolest desktop i found so far :) See footnote pleading (*)
> 
> Here's tonight's log in sections:
> 
> I. session
> 
> - Installed gdm and started a complete ordinary gnome session
> - g.k.d was launched by session-manager at session startup with no options, 
> as user process, i'm sure it's the same when i do it manually
> 
> II. ftp 2 remote server
> 
> - Started gedit and tried to ftp to remote server -> always "could not find 
> file" && no g.k.d popup
> - The same situation for accessing local ftp server (details below) at this 
> point
> 
> III. countercheck: console ftp
> 
> - log in via terminal ftp worked; log out -> 'disconnected'
> 
> - After that, suddenly all the previous gedit URI variations work, in gedit.
> I conclude the login 'lease' iss still active at remote server (is there no 
> way to teminate it ?? must look up the rfc)
> 
> 
> IV. gnome keyring manager
> 
> - launched gnome-keyring-manager -> immediately told me that there's no 
> default keyring yet ! I created one. Still empty (no keys.)
> 
> I wonder if that popup should have appeared earlier, when gedit accessed gkd. 
> Or maybe that's not a bug but a feature = if you don't want to use keyring 
> you simply never configure one and then remote URI work only if you log in 
> via other means before ? Note that i tried also address@hidden URIs (w/o 
> ftp://) and that didn't initiate a popup either.
> 
> - gedit still opens files on remote server with no popup, and does not store 
> a key in the keyring.
> 
> 
> V. ftp into local server
> 
> - Tried to access my local proftpd -> voila, the first gkd popup -> filled in 
> the form.
> - Afterwards, still "could not find file"
> Note the server is fully functional, the domain gandalf.lan is ok (etc/hosts) 
> and configured in proftpd, and i can verify anything works via console ftp.
> - I also tried the short alias 'gandalf' and that popped up another gkd 
> dialog, creating a seperate key.
> - After that still no access via gedit.
> 
> The test files are world readable. I can open them in gedit directly from 
> filesystem.
> I can do that ftp from commandline.
> In the auth log i can see lots of login /logout as that user and no login 
> failure.
> gedit just can't find the file ! But the syntax examples i tried are ok, e.g. 
> they work on the remote server (via gedit Ctrl+L)!
> 
> In the xsession log i find some of these:
> "Oct 23 04:18:19 gandalf gnome-keyring-daemon[6925]: couldn't read 4 bytes 
> from client"  (nice message :P)
> 
> i've no clue what to think about that.
> 
> VI. gnome-commander
> 
> - finally, i set up new connections in gcmd and tried them -> crash, no popup
> 
> Immediately this message in the xsession log:
> Oct 23 05:21:56 gandalf gnome-keyring-daemon[6925]: couldn't read 4 bytes 
> from client: 
> 
> And gcmd crashs as described in the first post.
> 
> Debug log:
> No server selectedNo server selected[MM] Opening connection
> [MM] Opening FTP connection
> [MM] FTP: Connecting to ftp://www.bla.foo (obfuscated)
> (killed)
> 
> Is it working for anybody else ??

Yes, it works for me ;o)


Michael - one more try, please:

Can you connect in gcmd to any public ftp repo (ftp.gnome.org,
usr=anononymous)? In this case gcmd won't call g.k.d. - so there
shouldn't be a crash here... (I hope ;o)


Piotr