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gnome-keyring package

password problems unlocking login keyring

Asked by Jim Dillard

Enter Password to unlock your login keyring. The login keyring did not get unlocked when you logged into your computer.

I get this error and I put in my password, to no avail. This error cycles back up again, I hit cancel, it goes away, but comes back in a few minutes.

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Best Emre AYTAÇ (eaytac) said : 		#1

You can try to reset your keyring;

First backup your file;
cp ~/.gnome2/keyrings/default.keyring ~/gnome.keyring.backup

From terminal;
rm ~/.gnome2/keyrings/default.keyring

From GUI;
Navigate to Places > Home. Press ctrl-h for "hidden files". Navigate to .gnome2 > keyrings. Delete default.keyring file.

After that your password should gone, you can reset the password on next use.

Hope this helps...

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Jim Dillard (dxdesigner2) said : 		#2

Thanks, this worked!

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Nitish Sershiya (nsershiya) said : 		#3

I got another solution
- open "Password and Keys"
- go to File->New
- select "Password Keyring"
- give new password
- right-click the newly created keyring
- select "set as default"

Now you can use this keyring password to unlock. Set the same password as your login password to automatically unlock keyring at login.