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a GNOME application for managing encryption keys and passwords in the GNOME Keyring

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Prevent gnome keyring password being reset after update

Gnome Keyring (Seahorse / Passwords & Keys GUI app) resets the default Login keyring's password when updating its associated package. This is especially an issue on distributions with frequent ...
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I'm being asked to input my password after logging in with biometrics on Fedora 38, using GNOME

This is the message that pops up - Enter password to unlock your login keyring The login keyring did not get unlocked when you logged into your computer. From what I've read online, it's a security ...
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seahorse won't run, how to remove old version properly?

Passwords and Keys alias seahorse won't run if clicked on. When launched from terminal, I get this error: seahorse: error while loading shared libraries: libldap_r-2.4.so.2: cannot open shared object ...
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LinuxMint 20.3: Enter the Login Keyring password via the command line

#Refer: How to enter the Default Keyring password via the command line? - Ask Ubuntu I am asking this question here as I am not using Ubuntu and also the solution mentioned there doesn't work in ...
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Remove "save in password manager" option in gpg pinentry

I have some libreoffice documents stored with "encrypt with gpg key" option. Today I was quite surprised when the document opened without requesting a passphrase. Eventually I found an ...
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How to use seahorse to store and fetch bitwarden or lastpass master password?

I am using the bitwarden password manager add on for firefox. If I set "remember password" for the master password, bitwarden warns me that the password will be stored in plain text on my pc ...
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Access seahorse passwords from terminal

Like this question, I am looking for a password repository and that I can use to feed my programs and scripts with those passwords. I found seahorse which seems to have what I need under the "Login" ...
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What does the "Certificates" section in seahorse do?

What does the "Certificates" / "System Trust" section of seahorse do? I am trying to sign a document in LibreOffice and the menu there uses the word "Certificate", so I am thinking that I need to ...
Aaron Franke's user avatar
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How to correctly change the passphrase of GPG's secret key?

I'm trying to change the passphrase of my GPG's secret key. I actually changed it using seahorse (Also tried gpg --edit-keys and passwd, but when I tried to export my private key it asks me for two ...
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Yet another `sign_and_send_pubkey: signing failed: agent refused operation`

Here’s a Yet Another Question about the clash between ssh and gnome-keyring-daemon, since after spending hours and hours on the Internet I finally gave up. Environment OS: openSUSE 15.0 DE: XFCE ...
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Changed login password without changing keyring

I forgot my login password. So I booted into recovery mode and used passwd command to change the password. I can now login but I obviously didn't update my Gnome keyring password. I know my old ...
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Seahorse / GNOME Keyring does not recognize my new ed25519 SSH key, is there another way to have the key unlocked upon login?

I am unsure if I did the whole procedure right, so let's start with what I've done: $ ssh-keygen -vvv -o -a 1000 -t ed25519 -f ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 -C "$(whoami)@$(hostname)--$(date -I)" with some real ...
Vlastimil Burián's user avatar
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How to auto-unlock gnome-keyring upon (auto-)login?

I am on Linux Mint 17.3 and have the auto-login enabled. I have my SSH key in gnome-keyring. I would like the keyring not to ask me for my password upon login. I am aware the auto-login itself may ...
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