Bug#1142693: greetd: Regression: keyring is not automatically opened at login

[Matthias Geiger]

On Wed, 5 Aug 2026 11:18:10 +0200 Chris Hofstaedtler <zeha at debian.org> wrote:
> Control: reassign -1 libpam-gnome-keyring
> Control: retitle -1 libpam-gnome-keyring: install pam auth/session lines?
> 
> (CC'ing a few of the last uploaders specifically.)
> 
> On Tue, Aug 04, 2026 at 05:13:26PM +0200, Marco Mattiolo wrote:
> > Hi,
> > please, do not treat this as a GNOME-specific bug: as the original reporter
> > pointed out, kwallet is affected as well.
> > 
> > FTR, greetd is the base of Mobian's login manager phrog, i.e. it can be used
> > to launch GNOME- and KDE-based shells.
> > 
> > On the topic of the PAM config lines, I remember both auth/session lines
> > always been required, see e.g. [1][2], so I don't get why now either should
> > be dropped and the other left.
> 
> libpam-gnome-keyring currently installs a pam-auth-update config, 
> but only does so for "password". [A]
> 
> People in this bug report suggest that also "auth" and "session" are 
> necessary.
> 
> Please see to this bug report, to avoid degrading user experience, 
> or settle this manner in some other way. As said above, having each 
> login manager do something special does not scale.
>
Hi,

does attached diff look sane? If so, I can upload this sometime this 
week.

best,

werdahias
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