enter password for default keyring to unlock

Richard England rlengland at verizon.net
Tue Jul 1 06:00:27 UTC 2008


Dave Burns wrote:
> I just installed fc9. I never knowingly set any password other than my
> login password and root password. But ever since I got wireless
> working when I log in I get a dialog:
>
> "enter password for default keyring to unlock
> The application 'NetworkManager Applet'
> wants access to the default keyring but it is locked"
>
> I enter the only pasword I know of, but the dialog pops back up again.
>
> How do I reset this or get rid of it? What do I re-install?
>
> I googled the dialog message, but there are a million hits explaining
> how to get the dialog to never show up assuming you know the password
> of the default keyring, which I apparently do not. How did this
> password get set without me ever even knowing it existed?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Dave
>
>   
I believe that you an remove the current password by removing the file
.gnome2/keyrings/default.keyring

~~R




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