GNOME Keyring is a daemon application that stores passwords, keys, certificates and makes them available to applications.
Questions tagged [gnome-keyring]
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How to save an SSH key passphrase in gnome-keyring?
I want to save an SSH key passphrase in gnome-keyring and then use it automatically when I need it.
How to do this?
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How can I tell *which* application is asking for access to gnome-keyring/Seahorse?
Whenever I log in on Ubuntu Lucid Lynx 10.04 I get a Seahorse/gnome-keyring prompt telling me an application wants to access my keyring. It isn't the network manager, because if I cancel the request my network connection is still established (also,…
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How can I solve this ssh-agent problem?
I'm using Linux Mint, and have not been able to get gnome-keyring to unlock automatically at login, it seems.
A symptom of my problem is as follows:
$ ssh-add
Identity added: /home/me/.ssh/id_rsa (/home/me/.ssh/id_rsa)
$ git pull
WARNING:…
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How do you enable the secret-tool command (backed by gnome-keyring, libsecret and dbus) in a headless CentOS Docker container?
I'm trying to use the secret-tool command to store a secret securely in a running headless CentoS 7.5.1804 Docker container, but can't seem to find which packages and/or configuration is necessary to make this work successfully.
Specifically, I want…
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gnome-keyring usage without an x session
My use case is that I have a headless server that software development is performed on. I ussually enable X11 forwarding for the SSH connections to it, but I can't for distant locations with slow connections.
I need secure storage and caching for…
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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 its key-pair. I have disabled password logins for…
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Disabling system modal behaviour of GNOME 3 password prompts
When GNOME Keyring, needs a password to add an SSH key to the agent, it pops up a system modal prompt to get the password from you. I use KeePass, so this means that if I forgot to copy the password before the SSH attempt, I'm out of luck because of…
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unlock login gnome-keyring on i3wm autologin
Problem
This question seems to have been asked a billion times, but I'm still completely unable to unlock my login keyring automatically.
Background
I automatically login, chvt and startx along these lines into i3wm, which then fires up a modified…
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Disable gnome-keyring-daemon
Methods I have tried:
https://wiki.gnupg.org/GnomeKeyring
https://blog.josefsson.org/tag/keyring/
Removing the GNOME Keyring applications from Startup…
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How do I fix "No such secret collection at path: /" for gnome-keyring and Arch Linux?
I'm running Arch Linux. When I try to save credentials using Vinagre (VNC client) it gives me an error:
Error saving credentials on a locked keyring
Cannot create item in a locked collection
I found this guide on the Arch wiki, and followed it. In…
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What is the 'keyring' in Google Chrome?
Every time I run Chrome, it asks for the keyring password for Default.
If I enter my password or press cancel, it disappears and I can continue.
So, what does the keyring do and what's the difference between unlocking with my password or pressing…
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Where does gnome-keyring set $SSH_AUTH_SOCK?
I am in the process of getting rid of gnome-keyring as an SSH agent.
Things that I have done
Searched the internet for hours.
Changed stuff and restarted, often.
Finally just rm-ed all the autostart stuff related to SSH.
That last thing magically…
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How can I run a program as another user in every way?
Background
I'm trying to restart some programs (mail-notification and stalonetray) regularly, as they appear to die frequently. I want to set restart them whenever NetworkManager reconnects. Hence, I have them triggered by a script in…
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keyring best practices with systemd
There plenty of tools working with keyrings: ssh-agent, gpg-agent, gnome-keyring, kwallet, wrappers like keychain, keyctl talking to GNU/Linux kernel. There are various recommendation on how/when to start it tailored for different environments.
This…
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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 $password | gnome-keyring-daemon --unlock returns…
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