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Reset Gnome Keyring Password

June 2nd, 2009

After changing my password on my Fedora 10 box, my Gnome keyring still has my old password.  Gnome always prompts me for my keyring password the first time after login when I try to perform an action that requires unlocking my private key.  I want the keyring to have the same password as my login.  Here’s what I did to reset the password:

  1. cd /home/username/.gnome2/keyrings
  2. rm login.keyring
  3. Logout
  4. Login
  5. ssh to a server that uses the private key for authentication
  6. Enter private key passphrase and check the box “Automatically unlock this login”

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