Want to eliminate all keyring/password "help" in Gnome. Join me in my support group

[Loïc Grenié]

2009/1/22 Paul Johnson <pauljohn32 at gmail.com>:
> I'm an old Linux user and I do not want the constant hassle, I mean
> help, of programs that remember my passwords.  If I went along with
> the keyring philosophy, then I would forget the passwords due to
> non-use and then I'd really be screwed.  I need to type that stuff
> every few days or else I won't be able to do what I need to when I go
> to different computers.
>
> Here's one example of something I hate. ssh-askpass.
>
> Since I installed Intrepid, this happens:   I open a terminal and type
> "ssh my.site.com" then a new GTK  menu panel pops up and asks for a
> passphrase to read a dsa pgp key that is completely unrelated to that
> site. It asks about a key called id.dsa about which I have no memory.
> I couldn't give it a passphrase even if I had one.  I just click
> cancel and it closes that popup and I can type in my password.

    Rename or remove the files named id_dsa and id_dsa.pub in
  your .ssh directory (/home/user/.ssh/id_dsa and id_dsa.pub).

    That won't eliminate ssh-askpass but it will eliminate the
  question.

         Hope this helps,

              Loïc