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

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On 12 September 2016 at 23:05, Paul Smith <phhs80@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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

I don't know what the issue is then; IIUC lightdm already supports
gnome-keyring.

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Ahmad Samir
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