Whoever gave NM a keyring

[Karl F. Larsen]

NoOp wrote:
> On 11/06/2009 06:16 AM, Karl F. Larsen wrote:
>> 	The keyring is a complete worthless poorly written software 
>> that makes Network Manager (NM) worthless! There is NO reason 
>> to protect the password I gave my router. It is just to keep 
>> local Internet users guessing.
>>
>> 	I had to delete a lot of the keyring stuff and that somehow 
>> caused it to need a new password! So I gave it karl. Now when 
>> I start 9.10 a panel comes up first asking for my keyring 
>> password, I give it karl and the NM starts fine now.
>>
>> 	But this is STUPID!
>>
>> 	If you are the one who put the gnome-keyring into the NM 
>> PLEASE TAKE IT OUT. I deleted all I was able to as a root user 
>> and keyring is still alive and well.
>>
>> 	This is why so many people use wcid. No keyring crap.
> 
> Have you considered opening up seahorse
> (Applications|Accessories|Passwords and Encryption Keys) and checking
> and/or deleting the keys there?
> 
> I am quite certain that you've been adivsed about this previously.
> 
> If you do that, you will most likely (on any normal new 9.10 install)
> see an entry along the lines of 'Network secret for xyz' network if
> you've added one.
> 
> 
	I did not do that, I brought up the GUI keyring software and 
found that edit - delete worked. I went around doing that and 
then on a reboot keyring came up requesting a new password. I 
gave it my name karl, and it did start to work then.

73 Karl


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