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

[Paul Smith]

Dear All,

Whenever I start Google Chrome, pops up a box asking me to enter the
password to unlock my login keyring.

Does somebody know how to get rid of this annoying box pop up?

Thanks in advance,

Paul

[Eric Griffith]

Do you have autologin enabled? KDE or Gnome?

On Sep 9, 2016 09:48, "Paul Smith"  wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> Whenever I start Google Chrome, pops up a box asking me to enter the
> password to unlock my login keyring.
>
> Does somebody know how to get rid of this annoying box pop up?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Paul
>
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[Paul Smith]

Thanks, Eric. I do not know whether I have autologin enabled. How can
I check it up?

I am using XFCE, and neither KDE nor Gnome.

Paul

On Fri, Sep 9, 2016 at 2:56 PM, Eric Griffith  wrote:
> Do you have autologin enabled? KDE or Gnome?
>
> On Sep 9, 2016 09:48, "Paul Smith"  wrote:
> > Dear All,
> >
> > Whenever I start Google Chrome, pops up a box asking me to enter the
> > password to unlock my login keyring.
> >
> > Does somebody know how to get rid of this annoying box pop up?
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> > Paul
> >
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[Paul Smith]

If by autologin you mean that my computer automatically login the
default user after bootup, no, I do not have autologin enabled.

Paul

On Fri, Sep 9, 2016 at 3:12 PM, Paul Smith  wrote:
> Thanks, Eric. I do not know whether I have autologin enabled. How can
> I check it up?
>
> I am using XFCE, and neither KDE nor Gnome.
>
> Paul
>
> On Fri, Sep 9, 2016 at 2:56 PM, Eric Griffith  wrote:
> > Do you have autologin enabled? KDE or Gnome?
> >
> > On Sep 9, 2016 09:48, "Paul Smith"  wrote:
> > > Dear All,
> > >
> > > Whenever I start Google Chrome, pops up a box asking me to enter the
> > > password to unlock my login keyring.
> > >
> > > Does somebody know how to get rid of this annoying box pop up?
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance,
> > > Paul
> > >
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[Tom Horsley]

On Fri, 9 Sep 2016 14:46:09 +0100
Paul Smith wrote:
> Does somebody know how to get rid of this annoying box pop up?

If you actually use gnome keyring for anything, I can't help you,
but I spent a day after I first had the same probably figuring out
how to eradicate the stoopid keyring completely:

http://tomhorsley.com/game/punch.html#User%20Daemons

which basically boiled down to:

rm -f /usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.gnome.keyring.service

[Ahmad Samir]

On 9 September 2016 at 16:24, Paul Smith  wrote:
> If by autologin you mean that my computer automatically login the
> default user after bootup, no, I do not have autologin enabled.
>
> Paul

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_...

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.... :/

[Paul Smith]

On Fri, Sep 9, 2016 at 7:34 PM, Ahmad Samir  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_...
>
> 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.

Paul

[Terry Polzin]

Sure would be nice to know what the %U is supposed to do.

On Fri, Sep 9, 2016 at 4:10 PM, Paul Smith  wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 9, 2016 at 7:34 PM, Ahmad Samir 
> 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.
> Paul
>
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[Paul Smith]

I don't have the slightest idea, Terry!

Paul

On Fri, Sep 9, 2016 at 9:25 PM, Terry Polzin  wrote:
> Sure would be nice to know what the %U is supposed to do.
>
> On Fri, Sep 9, 2016 at 4:10 PM, Paul Smith  wrote:
> > On Fri, Sep 9, 2016 at 7:34 PM, Ahmad Samir 
> > 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_...
> > >
> > > 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.
> > Paul
> >
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[Ahmad Samir]

On 9 September 2016 at 22:25, Terry Polzin  wrote:
> Sure would be nice to know what the %U is supposed to do.

Most likely he's talking about the Exec= line in a .desktop file, if
that's the case %U is a list of urls passed as arguments to the
executable.

c.f. https://specifications.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/desktop-entry-spec...

[Tom Horsley]

On Fri, 9 Sep 2016 20:34:41 +0200
Ahmad Samir wrote:
> the --basic option should get rid of the pop-up window to unlock the
> gnome login keyring

I've always used the --password-store=basic option, yet at work
it started asking for my keyring a few days ago, so I figured
out how to eradicate the gnome-keyring-daemon (link in earlier
message).

[Stephen Davies]

On 10/09/16 08:07, Tom Horsley wrote:
> On Fri, 9 Sep 2016 20:34:41 +0200
> Ahmad Samir wrote:
> > the --basic option should get rid of the pop-up window to unlock the
> > gnome login keyring
>
> I've always used the --password-store=basic option, yet at work
> it started asking for my keyring a few days ago, so I figured
> out how to eradicate the gnome-keyring-daemon (link in earlier
> message).
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I only see the pop-up when starting chrome for the first time after a reboot - 
but then I see it three times.

Why is this (and how can I stop it)?

[Paul Smith]

On Fri, Sep 9, 2016 at 9:10 PM, Paul Smith  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_...
> >
> > 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?

Paul

[Ahmad Samir]

On 10 September 2016 at 11:38, Paul Smith  wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 9, 2016 at 9:10 PM, Paul Smith  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_...
> > >
> > > 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?
>
> Paul

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_.

[Ahmad Samir]

On 9 September 2016 at 17:30, Tom Horsley  wrote:
> On Fri, 9 Sep 2016 14:46:09 +0100
> Paul Smith wrote:
> > Does somebody know how to get rid of this annoying box pop up?
>
> If you actually use gnome keyring for anything, I can't help you,
> but I spent a day after I first had the same probably figuring out
> how to eradicate the stoopid keyring completely:
>
> http://tomhorsley.com/game/punch.html#User%20Daemons
>
> which basically boiled down to:
>
> rm -f /usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.gnome.keyring.service

Or you can try killing it for your user account, which won't get
overwritten by system updates:
- Create ~/.local/share/dbus-1/services/ and copy the condemned
.service files there
- Change the Exec line to:
Exec=/bin/false

This worked for me when I wanted to disable
org.freedesktop.FileManager1.service which is included in the nautilus
package (this was to make Firefox "Open containing folder" use Dolphin
instead of nautilus).

[Paul Smith]

On Sun, Sep 11, 2016 at 6:09 PM, Ahmad Samir  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_...
> > > >
> > > > 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

[Ahmad Samir]

On 12 September 2016 at 00:11, Paul Smith  wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 11, 2016 at 6:09 PM, Ahmad Samir  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_...
> > > > >
> > > > > 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...

--
Ahmad Samir

[Paul Smith]

On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 2:13 PM, Ahmad Samir  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_...
> > > > > >
> > > > > > 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

[Ahmad Samir]

On 12 September 2016 at 23:05, Paul Smith  wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 2:13 PM, Ahmad Samir  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_...
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > 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.

[Paul Smith]

On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 1:10 PM, Ahmad Samir  wrote:
> > > > 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!
>
> I don't know what the issue is then; IIUC lightdm already supports
> gnome-keyring.

Thanks anyway, Ahmad.

Paul