Re: where can i find the default keyrings???

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On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 1:14 PM, Bradley Pursley <pursley001@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> max bianco wrote:
>
> > On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 12:24 PM, Bradley Pursley
> > <pursley001@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > >  You still didn't answer the original question:  "Where are the
> keyring
> > > > > files?"
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > Your not paying attention. The original post asked where changes could
> > > > be made and I answered that question. Keyring manager is where a
> > > > legitimate user makes his/her changes. If your foolish enough to
> > > > forget all your passwords and depend on the keyring manager to
> > > > remember them all for you, well that's another issue all together. In
> > > > either case if evolution asks for the email password and you provide
> > > > it then it will work without needing to consult the keyring manager.
> > > > It sounds to me like someone is phishing.....
> > > >
> > > > Max
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >  Your response was rude and very presuming and I take offense to it.
> > >  Here is why I need to know where the files are:
> > >
> > >  1)  I am the sole administrator for both machines that I have.
> > >  2)  I am the sole person who set them up and configured them but never
> set
> > > up any "keyring" passwords.
> > >  3)  The system started prompting me for the default keyring password,
> which
> > > was never set up, to save the network key for a wireless connection.
> > >  4)  No password ever used on the system works for the so-called
> "default
> > > keyring password".
> > >  5)  As such, I believe that the keyring file is corrupted and needs to
> be
> > > deleted and recreated, which means I need to know where they are.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > You can take offense if you like, if you have the keyring manager
> > installed, it is a simple matter to delete the keyrings, if you have
> > even bothered to try, but it doesn't sound like it. Editing corrupted
> > files by hand, assuming they will even open is not likely to work,
> > IMHO. However google may enlighten you like it did me as to their
> > location if you take the time to use it that is. In addition you are
> > not the author of the original post as near as I can tell.
> >
> > Max
> >
>  (I'm going to ignore any further personal attacks)
>
>  Okay, I'll lay it out for you just so you'll stop making those false
> assumptions and yes, I was not the original author but was hoping for an
> answer to my problem.
>
A problem you never clearly stated. In the future perhaps you'll start
your own thread or explicity state what you have and have not done. My
assumptions are all that I have to go on, if you do not provide the
information then my imagination will do it for you. Glad you got it
working.

Max
>  The keyring manager will not work, nor any other program that uses the
> keyrings, because it requires a password, which I don't have, for a
> "default" keyring.  This all started when I started using Network Manager to
> connect via a wireless network and it started asking for a password so that
> it could save the network key required to connect.  Since I don't have they
> keyring password it won't save the network key and now prompts for it, along
> with the keyring password, every time you log into the system.  Mind you,
> this is not a critical problem but is a major nuisance since the network key
> is a secured 25 digit hexidecimal number.
>
>  Now, my options appear to be to change a setting unknown to me, delete the
> files and recreate them or find some utility to "fix" the files.  Granted, I
> am not against having to use some kind of option to re-install the software
> and overwrite the configuration files since nothing has been permanently
> saved.
>
>
>
>  Bradley
>
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