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do I have to restart to get the default keyring back

Asked by Janet Seals

I accidentally deleted my default keyring authentication and now I can't download or install any software on my laptop, I get a message that I don't have permission to uninstall or install. How do get it back?
I updated in terminal and I restarted my laptop but I still can't install any programs thru Ubuntu Software Program.
What should I do to solve this?

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

If you search Dash for "password" you can reset the password there. If you cannot set the password then you will need to delete the old keyring and make a new one with a new password. You don't need to reinstall.

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Janet Seals (msjahmakah) said : 		#2

Thank you, it's solved