[LBo] Re: Kmail is "forgetting" password

Jan jvdstaaij at chello.nl
Fri Nov 3 19:29:57 CET 2006


Anita Lewis wrote:

> Jan wrote:
>> 
>> The problem is that Kmail doesn't keep my password, so everytime I try to
>> check my mail I have to give my password. I did check the box in the
>> account settings that my password should be remembered.
> 
> I'll assume that you are running Linux that is installed on your hard
> drive and not a livecd.  What distro are you using?
> 
> Perhaps for some reason something is not able to write to your user
> directory.  First I would try starting kmail from an xterm.  As you run
> it, look to see if there is any write error in the xterm.  You would
> look for where it fails to write some file.
> 
> Anita

Hi Anita,

I am running SUSE 10.1, installed on a second internal HD. There is no write
issue when running Kmail from a xterm. Besides that, Kmail keeps all the
accountinfo except the password.

Jan



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