Questions tagged [keychain]
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What is the "keyring" or "keychain"?
Can someone please explain what Ubuntu's keychain or keyring is, as well as use cases for it?
simplyme
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What are the differences between keychain and ssh-ident
I'm considering using a tool to setup my ssh-agent environment so I only need to enter my ssh key once.
What is the difference between ssh-ident and keychain? Does one have advantages over the other?
Tom Hale
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How to access an OS X keychain via Ubuntu
I need to access some of the content of an old OS X keychain.
I know the password - this isn't about cracking ;-)
What I don't have is a Mac. I do have the keychain files on a backup drive.
Is there any way to get at the contents on an Ubuntu box?…
user91898
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Thunderbird does not store remote address books' passwords
I have the following problem:
I am running a Ubuntu 13.04 64 bit on a Lenovo Thinkpad S430. As email composer I use Thunderbird (24.0).
All my contacts are being synced from an ownCloud address book to my phone and my Thunderbird on my Windows…
andehhh
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What is my user login password?
Just got a new netbook running Ubuntu. When I turn it on it auto-logs-in to the desktop automatically, but when I try to connect to the wireless network it wants my Keyring password to store the password. Problem is it isn't in the documentation…
Jim McKeeth
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Is it possible to keep added ssh keys in ssh-agent after reboot? (using keychain)
Is it possible to keep added ssh keys in ssh-agent after reboot?
As I figure out we use keychain to make ssh-agent keep running between logins, Am I right? so, is there anyway to keeps password somewhere safe with keychain and feed them…
Ravexina
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KDE Wallet & Keychain
How do I fix it so that I am not asked for my KDE Wallet and Keychain passwords every time that I reboot. I am using Kubuntu 18.04 with the latest updates.
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Gitlab runner and keychain
Recently I have configured a Gitlab Runner on a VM and I wanted to add keychain on that VM to allow runner to execute commands like scp or SSH without exposing my SSH passphras…
Charley C.
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How to avoid entering keychain password
How to avoid entering keychain password, without disabling autologin?
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Can I Import an existing OpenPGP key into Ubuntu for use as my Personal key?
louis@WinNyx:~$ gpg --send-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 1FDBB6475ED8B730113953BE5CD637DC9222E537
gpg: sending key 5CD637DC9222E537 to hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com
louis@WinNyx:~$ gpg -k
/home/louis/.gnupg/pubring.kbx
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Louis Waweru
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disable keychain for vpn connection?
To begin with, please be patient and keep answers fairly simple, I'm a Linux quasi-noob. But I'm a sysadmin and can usually figure stuff out, but this issue is foiling me.
I use an Ubuntu 16.04 home theater pc to run Kodi. It's set up to auto-login…
Kevin W
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Why I cant see password prompt when .profile executes?
I want to use keychain for SSH cron jobs.
I've found this good answer.
I've add command keychain --nogui id_rsa in .profile
And when I reboot and login I have to enter password.
But I don't see any password prompt when .profile executes.
I can…
Dimetry
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Migration from keychain access
I would like to migrate from mac os X to Ubuntu.
All seems to be ok, except for keychain. Is there any script which migrates them from Apple "Keychain Access" to "Seahorse"?
Maïeul
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Why doesn't Evolution use the login keychain?
I use evolution as an email client but it's annoying in that it doesn't use the 'login' keychain. Every time I log in there's a pop asking for the password to keychian 'Default' which is the one Evolution creates. Is there any way to fix this?
asm
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Keychain does not work in Cron
I have a problem with my backup script which is using keychain. The script works fine when fired via command line but doesn't work as expected when called via cron (does not transfer any data to the remote host). Both servers are running Ubuntu…
XorOrNor
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