Re: Google Chrome always asking me to enter the password to unlock my login keyring

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On 12 September 2016 at 00:11, Paul Smith <phhs80@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 11, 2016 at 6:09 PM, Ahmad Samir <ahmadsamir3891@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>> If by autologin you mean that my computer automatically login the
>>>>>> default user after bootup, no, I do not have autologin enabled.
>>>>>
>>>>> Is the login keyring password the same as your user account password?
>>>>> if so, if they're the same then the keyring should automatically get
>>>>> unlocked when you login IIUC.
>>>>>
>>>>> You can change the way chrome stores the passwords, have a look at:
>>>>> https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/master/docs/linux_password_storage.md
>>>>>
>>>>> the --basic option should get rid of the pop-up window to unlock the
>>>>> gnome login keyring, but it would make chrome store the passwords in
>>>>> plain text.... :/
>>>>
>>>> Thanks, Ahmad and Tom. I fixed the problem by removing %U from the command
>>>>
>>>> /usr/bin/google-chrome-stable %U
>>>>
>>>> that was configured in the button that launches Google Chrome.
>>>
>>> Unfortunately, this solution does not succeed after a computer reboot...
>>>
>>> Any further ideas?
>>
>> You never answered the question in my first post, does the login
>> gnome-keyring have the same password as your user account? if so, then
>> it should (IIUC) get unlocked automatically when you login.
>>
>> Also if you read the link I posted earlier you'll find that to make
>> Chrome not use gnome-keyring you can add:
>> --password-store=basic
>>
>> to the Exec line in the .desktop file you use to launch Chrome. But
>> bear in mind that this will force Chrome to store your passwords in
>> _plain text format_.
>
> Thanks, Ahmad. Sorry for not having yet answered your question.
>
> Yes, I do use the same password for my account and for the
> gnome-keyring. Yet, the reported problem persists. But, bear in mind,
> that I do not use Gnome; I use XFCE.
>
> I would not like to have my passwords saved as plain text.
>
> Paul

Looking further into this, for the login keyring to get unlocked you
need to install gnome-keyring-pam (this is pulled by default for
GNOME).

So install that package and try again...

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Ahmad Samir
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