where can i find the default keyrings???

[Bradley Pursley]

rlengland at verizon.net wrote:
>> From: Bradley Pursley <pursley001 at comcast.net>
>> Date: 2008/04/29 Tue PM 12:14:36 CDT
>> To: For users of Fedora <fedora-list at redhat.com>
>> Subject: Re: where can i find the default keyrings???
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>> max bianco wrote:
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>>> On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 12:24 PM, Bradley Pursley
>>> <pursley001 at comcast.net> wrote:
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>>>>>>  You still didn't answer the original question:  "Where are the keyring
>>>>>> files?"
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>>>>> 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
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>>>>  Your response was rude and very presuming and I take offense to it.
>>>>  Here is why I need to know where the files are:
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>>>>  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.
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>>> 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.
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>>> Max
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>> (I'm going to ignore any further personal attacks)
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> 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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> Okay, children.  Tame it down or you both get a time out!
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> Delete /home/YOUR NAME/.gnome2/keyrings/default.keyring
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> Gnome/network manager will recreate the default.keyring with correct permisssions next time you connect. Enter the same password as you login password and I believe it will not prompt you in the future.
The directory "keyrings" & file "default.keyring" you mentioned does not 
exist!

Bradley