Questions tagged [gnome-keyring]
GNOME Keyring is a daemon application that stores passwords, keys, certificates and makes them available to applications.
119
questions
0
votes
1
answer
127
views
How do I make Gnome's "Login keyring" unlock on a regular password login in Fedora?
My login keyring started asking a password after login. I do not use auto-login, I use a regular login with a password. I tried to re-create a keyring, and might made things worse. The passwords for ...
1
vote
1
answer
340
views
I'm being asked to input my password after logging in with biometrics on Fedora 38, using GNOME
This is the message that pops up - Enter password to unlock your login keyring
The login keyring did not get unlocked when you logged into your computer.
From what I've read online, it's a security ...
- 13
0
votes
1
answer
220
views
flatpak , gnome-keyring initial state, Collection login doesn't exist
env is arm64 + Linux penguin 5.15.... aarch64
at upgrade time on pithos app, i needed to install gnome-keyring. Pithos is the FIRST flatpak app running on this new chromebook (dev linux working fine). ...
- 101
7
votes
1
answer
532
views
Store Firefox Primary Password in Secret Service
Is it possible to store the Firefox Primary Password (formerly known as the Master password) using the freedesktop secret service dbus API, in order to bypass the password prompt when Firefox starts ...
- 186
0
votes
1
answer
111
views
Start software after gnome-keyring is unlocked (using systemd or other means)
I have a piece of software that requires gnome-keyring to be unlocked to work. I want it to be started only after I have unlocked gnome-keyring by entering the password. Is this possible with systemd? ...
0
votes
0
answers
234
views
Problem connecting to MS Office365 e-mail with Evolution
I am trying to connect to my workplace's Office365 e-mail with Evolution mail and I am getting the following error when I try to authenticate:
Failed to obtain access token from address “https://login....
- 2,358
0
votes
0
answers
178
views
Keyring password request on Debian startup
Debian 11.
I need to run at the startup a sh script that runs a couple of commands and a session of chromium with a lot of arguments (kiosk mode).
To achieve that, I wrote a desktop file and I stored ...
- 197
1
vote
1
answer
2k
views
systemd: Failed to start Application launched by gnome-session-binary
If you check the error log it comes to that .scope unit is not found - No such process. I got similar error 4 times.
I would like to understand what is going on during the boot process. Why these ...
- 4,891
1
vote
0
answers
415
views
Set blank password for Login keyring through command line only
Want to set blank password for Login keyring through command line and not through passwords and Keys. Case of automatic login and don't need to be bothered by keyring pass popup .Came across multiple ...
- 11
2
votes
1
answer
271
views
Starting an App takes very long when using a custom shortcut in gnome wayland
I am using gnome 42.4 wayland.
I want to open the terminal app when I press Super + T.
In the settings under keyboard I set a custom shortcut:
Name: run terminal
Command: xfce4-terminal
Shortcut: ...
- 171
2
votes
1
answer
2k
views
unlock gnome-keyring on login
Running debian testing, no display manager, i3 window manager.
gnome-keyring & libpam-gnome-keyring packages are installed. Added following 2 lines to end of /etc/pam.d/login:
auth optional ...
- 537
0
votes
0
answers
281
views
Request for help repairing output of apt update
This is the output of sudo apt update
I would appreciate it if someone could help me fix the problems, I'm only new to Linux.
I'm running (Linux kali 5.16.0-kali5-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT Debian 5.16.14-...
- 1
1
vote
0
answers
64
views
Finding the process launching keyring prompt
Couple of days ago my machine (Manjaro, KDE) started launching keyring prompts. I'm obviously worried and want to find a culprit, but not sure how can I do that. In addition to lacking knowledge of ...
- 171
2
votes
0
answers
506
views
How to find out what program is trying to open the GNOME keyring?
Some tens of minutes after I login with a KDE session, I get a modal gcr-prompter window asking for the master password of the GNOME keyring.
The prompt does not include any information about what ...
- 926
0
votes
0
answers
1k
views
LinuxMint 20.3: Enter the Login Keyring password via the command line
#Refer: How to enter the Default Keyring password via the command line? - Ask Ubuntu
I am asking this question here as I am not using Ubuntu and also the solution mentioned there doesn't work in ...
- 1,802
6
votes
0
answers
3k
views
Error "secret-tool: Cannot create an item in a locked collection"
I'm following the commands at, and created my own answer that only worked once:
How do you enable the secret-tool command (backed by gnome-keyring, libsecret and dbus) in a headless CentOS Docker ...
- 577
6
votes
2
answers
5k
views
Is it possible to permanently disable the gnome-keyring passphrase?
Whenever I login using the fingerprint sensor instead of the login password, a popup is displayed from gnome-keyring to enter the login password in order to unlock the various certificates that are ...
- 3,538
1
vote
3
answers
555
views
How to stop the gnome-keyring on Slackware?
My syslog is full of those messages
Nov 22 13:14:36 virtuale-2 gnome-keyring-daemon[2413]: couldn't create socket directory: /root/.cache/keyring-CI8ZC1: Permission denied
Nov 22 13:14:36 virtuale-2 ...
- 12.4k
-1
votes
1
answer
950
views
Sftp credentials are stored on my machine - but where?
In the past, I have successfully logged onto a server from my desktop using ftp/sftp. The password was saved somewhere in my system, but I am not sure where. I am now trying to change the password ...
1
vote
0
answers
2k
views
Gnome Keyring to Unlock on Login
I'm on Arch Linux. My gnome-keyring has the same password as my user account.
I want the gnome-keyring to unlock automatically on login. I am using WDM and ZSH. I have followed the steps outline in ...
- 361
2
votes
0
answers
295
views
Update gnome-keyring password via terminal
I am on Arch Linux, but I am still new to it.
I want to update my gnome-keyring password through the terminal.
How do I go about doing that?
I've already come across this similar question, but the ...
- 361
1
vote
1
answer
395
views
Process org.freedesktop.secrets received signal 6
My problem is, gnome-keyring is not starting properly, producing the error in title. When I open Geary, it shows this error in the terminal. When I start gnome-keyring with gnome-keyring-daemon --...
- 11
2
votes
0
answers
355
views
Where do I export gnome-keyring-daemon's ssh agent socket so that it is available at launch of WM?
I use gnome-keyring to manage my ssh keys. In order for that to work, I must set $SSH_AUTH_SOCK accordingly, which is prodived by gnome-keyring-daemon -s. For use in shells, I can easily do this in my ...
- 21
2
votes
2
answers
1k
views
Non root user unable to conect wifi network on the standard way [LINUX MINT]
I am a enthusiastic linux user and I offered my experience to perform system upgrade on 40 old Classmate PCs (SEE system information on image bellow ) which were runing a deprecated ubuntu version. So,...
- 79
0
votes
0
answers
129
views
Where Did Gnome Go?
Gnome is no longer running. I migrated hardware to a new tower and moved /var to a new harddrive nvme0n1p3/nvmeVg-var. I believe this is the root of the issue.
when I type gnome-session --version the ...
- 455
14
votes
3
answers
20k
views
sign_and_send_pubkey: signing failed for RSA key; from agent: agent refused operation
I have a new machine running debian sid on which I generated a new ssh key-pair. I wanted to find a convenient way to copy this new key-pair to various other machines using my old Ubuntu machine and ...
0
votes
0
answers
655
views
Replace KDE Wallet with Password Manager like Lockwise
I recently started using Lockwise as Password Manager for my Firefox and Android. Now the only Passwords I still need to enter are the ones outside of my Browser on my Desktop. Is there any way to ...
- 101
0
votes
1
answer
2k
views
How to create a new keyring "default" with KWalletManager?
I tried running a backup with Vorta. This failed as I got the error message "The login keyring did not get unlocked when you logged into your computer" when trying to do so which is why I (...
- 4,167
6
votes
1
answer
26k
views
How to solve "The login keyring did not get unlocked when you logged into your computer" after changing password on Debian/KDE?
When trying to run a backup with Vorta on Debian 10/KDE I'm prompted to enter my password "Enter password to unlock your login keyring" but after entering my current password it displays:
...
- 4,167
2
votes
1
answer
828
views
unable to stop gnome-keyring starting in X-MATE desktop session
I have an X-MATE desktop environment on a RHEL/CentOS 7 server. It used to be Gnome 3 but it was replaced for various reasons.
When a session is started the gnome-keyring is active and controls the ...
- 51
4
votes
1
answer
2k
views
what does a dash in front of a pam entry mean?
I have searched everything I can but couldn't find any explanation.
My /etc/pam.d/lightdm file contains the following two gnome keyring entries:
auth include system-login
-auth ...
- 283
0
votes
1
answer
122
views
How to configure reportbug to use smtp password from gnome-keyring?
When configuring reportbug, I have an option to store the password for the remote smtp service in $HOME/.reportbugrc. How can I make it use an existing password stored by GNOME Web (Epiphany) or ...
- 2,216
9
votes
3
answers
25k
views
Unlock Gnome Keyring Daemon from command line
I am trying to unlock the Gnome Keyring Daemon from the command line, by directly passing it a password. I tried a few variations of --daemonize, --login, --start, but I can't get it to work.
echo $...
- 93
4
votes
1
answer
872
views
Why is the gnome keyring not locked when the screen is locked?
I wanted to know whether the gnome keyring gets locked automatically when the screen gets locked, so I checked it with this command:
dbus-monitor --session "type='signal',interface='org.gnome....
- 43
1
vote
0
answers
232
views
Unlock keyring on boot with no desktop?
I have a small linux box I'm toying around with and would like for it to boot without a desktop manager and automatically unlock the keyring. I know that a lot of what I'm doing is against best ...
- 461
0
votes
1
answer
79
views
NAS password not saved in Gnome / CentOS 7
I am setting up a new system that is running CentOS 7 and Gnome 3.28.2. I've used CentOS from the command line before but this is my first time using Gnome.
I have found that Gnome does not seem to ...
- 101
0
votes
1
answer
730
views
Use secret-tool for openvpn connection
Do you know how can start an openvpn connection using a password received from secret-tool (gnome keyring)? In the configuration you can only put a password file (auth-user-pass) but I do not see how ...
- 151
0
votes
2
answers
3k
views
Error with Keyring when connection from ssh
Due to COVID-19 we are working from home. Now I have a linux (Ubuntu) pc at my workplace which has TortoiseHG Workbench installed. I connect via MobaXTerm to my computer over ssh.
Normally when I try ...
- 201
4
votes
2
answers
36k
views
The key(s) in the keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg are ignored as the file has an unsupported filetype
I am running Debian 10. I have been getting following error while updating repositories for long time:
$ sudo apt update
Hit:1 http://security.debian.org buster/updates InRelease ...
- 24.3k
0
votes
0
answers
144
views
Use same credentials in GNOME Files and SSH
With GNOME Files, I use a password to access a CIFS (Samba) share. For the remainder of the session, GNOME maintains my credentials and I don't have to enter the password again, even after suspending ...
- 5,037
5
votes
0
answers
734
views
gnome-keyring: couldn't find any place to import files
I need to use a client certificate. I was able to import it successfully on Windows and Mac, however when I am trying to import it on Linux I am getting the following error:
$ gnome-keyring import ...
- 393
1
vote
1
answer
826
views
gnome-keyring-daemon warnings
I am using gnome-keyring with my KDE Plasma (Arch Linux). I modified:
/etc/pam.d/login
auth required pam_securetty.so
auth requisite pam_nologin.so
auth include system-...
- 193
-1
votes
1
answer
828
views
Understanding install OpenPGP on Debian
I have Debian Buster on VirtualBox, I install these open keyrings because I will install PHP.
https://packages.sury.org/php/apt.gpg
I doing
#apt update
#apt install ca-certificates apt-transport-...
- 177
0
votes
1
answer
1k
views
Can't open Files, Terminal, and Screenshot
After installing new Chrome Remote Desktop browser extension, it somehow harmed my Ubuntu system. Now after reboot I see a warning "the login keyring did not get unlocked when you logged into your ...
2
votes
0
answers
2k
views
Unlock gnome keyring from systemd service using PAM
Is it possible to unlock the gnome keyring using PAM when running
as a systemd service?
Our software uses Python Keyring module to store credentials, but I am
having trouble using the SecretService ...
- 21
0
votes
1
answer
109
views
Switching Users Fully in Bash (GNOME/Keyring Issues)
I am confused about the difference between running a command as "user1" in a terminal and running a command as "sudo -Hiu user1 [command]".
If I run
/home/user1/script.sh
, the script successfully ...
2
votes
0
answers
291
views
Arch/ XFCE - Disable global keyboard grabbing for gcr/ gnome-keyring
I am using gnome-keyring as ssh-agent on my arch/ xfce system.
Since I have multiple ssh-keys, I additionally have a password manager to store their keys.
Adding those ssh-keys to the keyring works ...
- 191
0
votes
1
answer
4k
views
Yet another `sign_and_send_pubkey: signing failed: agent refused operation`
Here’s a Yet Another Question about the clash between ssh and gnome-keyring-daemon, since after spending hours and hours on the Internet I finally gave up.
Environment
OS: openSUSE 15.0
DE: XFCE
...
- 143
4
votes
0
answers
908
views
Why doesn't the keyring used by XFCE migrate to i3?
I'm moving from Xubuntu XFCE to i3 and I have this option checked in XFCE,
Launch GNOME services on startup Enable this option if you need the GNOME keyring daemon to be run on startup.
I can't ...
- 29.7k
2
votes
1
answer
1k
views
How to force gnome-keyring-daemon to ask for my passphrase
This is a follow-up to this question: GNOME keyring daemon sometimes not asking for passphrase, need to provide it via command line
Is there a command to force the gnome-keyring-daemon to ask for my ...
- 29.2k