where can i find the default keyrings???

[Bradley Pursley]

Bradley Pursley wrote:
> 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???
>>>     
>>
>>  
>>> max bianco wrote:
>>>    
>>>> On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 12:24 PM, Bradley Pursley
>>>> <pursley001 at comcast.net> wrote:
>>>>        
>>>>>            
>>>>>>>  You still didn't answer the original question:  "Where are the 
>>>>>>> keyring
>>>>>>> files?"
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>                     
>>>>>> 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
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                 
>>>>>  Your response was rude and very presuming and I take offense to it.
>>>>>  Here is why I need to know where the files are:
>>>>>
>>>>>  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.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>             
>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>> Max
>>>>       
>>> (I'm going to ignore any further personal attacks)
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> 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
>>>
>>>     
>>
>>
>> Okay, children.  Tame it down or you both get a time out!
>>
>>
>> Delete /home/YOUR NAME/.gnome2/keyrings/default.keyring
>>
>> 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
HOORAY!!!  It now works!

I did a locate on a directory called "keyrings" and discovered it in a 
directory with a similar name.  After deleting it, the problem no longer 
exists.

Thank you everyone for your help.

Bradley