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Can't unlock Default keyring

Asked by Frank Gilmurray

I'm using Ubuntu 20.04 and I can't unlock the Default keyring. Everything was working fine until my SSD went bad so I reformatted and restored a very recent Clonezilla image. Everything seems to work fine except now I can't unlock the Default keyring. I know the password I used before (it the same as my root password). So now I can't do anything that requires access to the Default keyring. I read all the answers for the similar problem but nothing I tried solved my problem. This is just a play system I use for learning Ubuntu so I guess I could just reinstall it from scratch but it's just the way I want it now (except for the keyring problem).

Any help world be most appreciated.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

There is no root password in Ubuntu. Your first account isn't root. It's just a member of a group that allows it to use sudo.

If you restored your keyring file, did you change its ownership to the user who it belongs to, on the system?

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Frank Gilmurray (fgilmurray) said : 		#2

There is only 1 user (me) and everything from ~/.local is owned by me. This includes ~/.local/share/keyrings.

Thanks for clearing up root.

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Best Bernard Stafford (bernard010) said : 		#3

https://askubuntu.com/questions/1242951/ubuntu-20-04-lts-disable-on-boot-unlock-keyring-for-an-application-who-wants-to

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Bernard Stafford (bernard010) said : 		#4

Activities -> Type: Password -> Open password & keys

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Frank Gilmurray (fgilmurray) said : 		#5

Thanks Bernard Stafford, that solved my question.