Whoever gave NM a keyring

[Karl F. Larsen]

Raseel Bhagat wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 9:09 AM, NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> 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?
>>
>>
> 
> Actually the issue which Karl is facing, is exactly what I was facing a few
> months ago and NoOP, you are correct seahorse is the answer.
> 
> However, when you fo through Applications|Accessories|Passwords and
> Encryption Keys you are actually opening seahorse-agent and that might not
> solve Karl's problem.
> 
> Here's a better solution :
> - Open a terminal
> - $ seahorse
> 
> This will open the Seahorse application.
> 
> In the LAST tab, named Passwords, there will be an entry called "Passwords".
> 
> This contains entries for Wifi networks and/or other stuff like
> password-protected PDFs.
> 
> Here's what I did.
> 1. Delete all the entries under "Passwords".
> 2. Right-click on "Passwords" and click on "Change Passwords". Then, set the
> password same as your user password.
> 
> Voila !! You should be good to go.
> 
> Just Log out and Log In again.
> Now not only does the system use the keyring functionality, it does so
> without bugging the user.
> Note : You will have to enter the Wifi passwords once atleast after this.
> 
> --
> Raseel
> 
> 

	Excellent! That is a very clean way to do what I did with the 
keyring software. I was not aware of seahorse but had heard of 
it and it is for sure a well hidden, name wise, keyring software.

Thank you!

73 Karl


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