Auto-Unlock Keyring Manager In Ubuntu Intrepid

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Mar 14, 2009 4:41 PM EDT
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If you have set your Ubuntu machine to auto-login everytime you start your computer, you will find that as soon as you reach your desktop, the keyring manager will automatically pop up and ask you for the password to unlock itself and retrieve the key to connect to the wireless connection. The keyring manager is integrated with Gnome such that when you login from the main screen, it will automatically unlock itself as well. However, if you use the auto-login function, Gnome will skip the keyring manager process and log the user in without unlocking the keyring manger.

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um isn't that stupid peragrin 1 868 Mar 14, 2009 7:59 PM

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