Re: NetworkManager Won't Save Passwords

[alkos333 <me alkos333 net>]

On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 5:43 PM, Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com> wrote:
> On Mon, 2010-09-13 at 12:08 -0500, alkos333 wrote:
>> On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 11:12 AM, Robby Workman <rw rlworkman net> wrote:
>> > Does it work in a desktop environment (e.g. kde or xfce)?
>> >
>> > It's fine here in xfce, fwiw.
>>
>> I haven't tried with KDE or xfce - just fluxbox.
>
> nm-applet uses gnome-keyring, which needs a bit of setup when used in
> non-GNOME environments.  If gnome-keyring isn't built with D-Bus
> support, then you need to start "gnome-keyring-daemon --daemonize
> --login" when your desktop session starts.  This will print out an
> environment variable that needs to be inserted into the environment of
> any other program that starts in the session, which looks like this:
>
> GNOME_KEYRING_CONTROL=/tmp/keyring-hSwpKJ
>
> this lets programs like nm-applet know where to look for the keyring
> daemon, which is what actually stores your passwords securely.  If you
> google around there used to be instructions on how to get KDE to handle
> running gnome-keyring-daemon manually, I'd assume that whatever session
> manager is starting up your desktop probably has the same functionality.
>
> Dan
>
>
>

Thank you for this explanation, Dan.  This helped me resolve the
issue.  Now gnome-keyring only prompts for the master password when I
first start fluxbox and that's it.


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