I found out there was a discussion in the developer-team of vino in 2006, see https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=344839 They decided to implement an option to use gnome-keyring for security-reasons, but they also decided to leave it off by default because "it's not really a good idea"
I have no idea why the one who compiled vino-server for Ubuntu 10.04 decided different now and why he doen't tell us. Please use gconf again to store the vnc-password! It will be stored Base64-encoded in $HOME/.gconf/desktop/gnome/remote_access/ and this is secure enough, I think. If someone has unallowed access to this file, you have bigger security-leaks than a weak vnc-password-encryption. ** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #344839 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=344839 -- gnome-keyring-manager interferes with the VNC server https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/562423 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs