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

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On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 2:13 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.
>
> 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...

Thanks, Ahmad, but the package you refer to has forever been running
on my computer. Therefore that package is not the one to be blamed!

Paul
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