On Mon June 20 2011, mike cloaked wrote: > On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 11:38 AM, John Aldrich <jmaldrich@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Why does Google Chrome want my Gnome Keyring password? I don't use > > Gnome. I use KDE/Openbox. It *only* happens when I'm accessing my > > computer from remote using VNC, though. It does NOT happen when I'm > > accessing my computer from the local console. > > > > Don't know if that gives a hint as to why it's trying to open the > > Gnome keyring, but I thought I ought to mention it. > > There was an issue some while ago related to chrome storing passwords > (for web pages) in the gnome-keyring which was largely transparent - > and then chrome moved to local encrypted store instead - if you are on > the most up to date version of chrome and had your passwords stored in > the gnome keyring then there is a procedure that will allow you to get > your passwords back into the local profile after which it will not > need the gnome-keyring any more. > > The process is as follows: > Turn off password sync (if it is on) and quit Chrome > Restart it with the --password-store=detect command line to > temporarily enable GNOME keyring integration. > Re-enable password sync in Preferences, syncing your passwords to your > Google Account. > Restart Chrome without the --password-store=detect command line to add > your synced passwords to Chrome's basic password manager. > > Once you have done that you should be free of gnome-keyring for > chrome, and then you can also copy the chrome profile to another > machine and it will see passwords as normal. > > http://www.google.com/support/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1230517 > Didn't work for me... :-( -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
