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Where does seahorse save network passwords?

Asked by Savvas Radevic

I have noticed that seahorse ("Password and Encryption keys") saves network passwords. From which file are those passwords retrieved from?
I've tried searching for it, but I guess it's encrypted. If so, how do I decode such encryption in a terminal window?

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Best Eduardo Cereto (dudus) said : 		#1

It is encrypted under.
/home/user/.gnome2/keyrings/*

gnome-keyring-deamon is responsible for receiving connections to $(GNOME_KEYRING_SOCKET) and retrieving a record upon password. I'm not sure how it's handled but I think it uses cryptoki library.

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Savvas Radevic (medigeek) said : 		#2

Thanks, I'll look more into it