Bug#455491: libpam-gnome-keyring: Docs don't explain how this package may be useful

[Olivier Berger]

Le mardi 18 décembre 2007 à 15:52 +0100, Josselin Mouette a écrit :
> Hi,
> 
> Le lundi 10 décembre 2007 à 13:16 +0100, Olivier Berger a écrit :
> > Package: libpam-gnome-keyring
> > Version: 2.20.2-1
> > Severity: wishlist
> > 
> > It would be great to provide a user-friendly description on why this
> > package may be useful to a casual user who may not be familiar with
> > what PAM is.
> 
> The long description says:
>         This package contains a PAM module to automatically unlock
>         keyrings on login, or on unlocking
> 
> We can make this longer, but it wouldn’t be more accurate.
> 
> Installing the package will automatically make gdm and gnome-screensaver
> use it; support for passwd will hopefully come in a few weeks.
> 

Well... what does it mean "a PAM module", for a casual user ?

I would expect something like : without this, you need to do such and
such, and with it, then such and such new features appear...

Maybe some kind of scenario relation would be great.

Hope you see what I mean by casual end user ;)

Best regards,
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Olivier BERGER <olivier.berger at int-edu.eu> (ATTENTION : new address)
Ingénieur Recherche - Dept INF
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