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So I keep getting this unlock keyring popup when I login to Ubuntu automatically. There is a fix here: How can I stop being prompted to unlock the 'default' keyring on boot?

I have been googling around for about an hour and the solution to this problem seems to always be the same: disregard security entirely by leaving the password blank OR turn off auto login.

I would really like to find a way to use the auto login feature AND avoid seeing this popup without leaving passwords unencrypted.

Is it possible to get this bug fixed upstream so that users wouldn't have to fight with this auto login defeating popup?

Thank you in advance!

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Wow, this post has got many views since I first asked it. I think I now understand the idea that you need a password to have any security. I personally gave up and setup a password, even on my parents' PC. That said, a user experience that indicates autologin can be disabled should also disable the rather infuriating prompts. Either remove the autologin option or warn me once and then let me be free! Or, if I'm just doing something very basic (like in a browser and not saving credentials), I still don't see why a keyring would be needed at all... :)

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Although your question is very legitimate, you are asking something that is literally impossible.

You need a key to encrypt and decrypt something. When you use a login, the login password is used as a key to encrypt and decrypt the keyring. When you don't use a login, there is nothing to encrypt the keyring with. The only option is that the OS stores the key on your computer. Locking a safe and leaving the key in the keyhole is useless. That is what your computer would be doing if it encrypts the keyring and stores the password.

Merlijn Sebrechts
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  1. Go Ubuntu Apps > "Password and Keyring"
  2. Right-click on "Login" > "Change Password"
  3. Use your same old password.

Here is the source with pictures on Unity, Gnome is not different, same process

quborg
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I used to get these "Default Keyrings" popups whenever I used to click on Chrome browser. This happens when you change your system/user password. This solution has worked for me so please let me know if this was of any help for you. Just go through the steps given below.

Go to Files > "Press Ctrl+H" > .local > share > keyrings.

There will be 2 files in keyrings folder. Only delete "login.keyring" and then restart the system. When you enter your User ID and password, your keyrings password will also get updated automatically and the pop up will also stop. Don't worry about deleting the "login.keyring" file as it will be generated again automatically when you login your system.

Gyaneshwar Singh
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There is no way to have a keyring password enabled, use auto login and disable the poppup. This is made by design.

The password should be entered some way. If you enable auto login, then you do not enter a password.

If anyone can start the system without entering any password, what is the reason to have a keyring password enabled?

Your suggestion does not make any sense at all. And it is not a bug. Thus it won't be fixed.

Pilot6
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