Comments on: My #1 OS X Annoyance

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 08:47:13 +0000

Now we’re talking!

By: sandro

sandro — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 02:39:25 +0000

Provided you’re running 10.4.x (and possibly 10.3.x although i can’t remember), open up:
applications > utilities > keychain access

then from the menubar select:
Edit > Change settings for keychain “XXX” (where XXX is the name of your active keychain)

this will open a dialog box with 2 deeply annoying checkboxes: lock when inactive for X mins, and lock when sleeping. uncheck and enjoy…

By: PatrickQG

PatrickQG — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 19:25:03 +0000

I also must’ve set up my PowerBook (and consequently my MBP) differently - as I don’t see that happen here either.

Are you telling keychain to lock on screensaver? SSHKeychain can be setup to do this, for example. Possibly even by default, I really can’t remember.

However… that doesn’t really discount that this is possibly a security issue (nothing should be able to take input away from the security unlock window thingy, surely?)

By: Alex

Alex — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 16:11:33 +0000

Different apps seem to do it differently. For example, Mail hardly ever prompts me to enter a password.

By: Joseph Scott

Joseph Scott — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 16:08:44 +0000

I must have my PowerBook setup differently then. I’ve had the password required after sleep turned on since day one and never had to re-authenticate apps using keychain. Same thing for the screen saver, regular password window pops up, but I’ve never had to re-auth other apps.

Perhaps there is a difference in the way we are using keychain?