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dude42

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Registered: 2014-11-09

Posts: 13

Cannot access GNOME Keyring from Systemd Unit Service

Hi !

I am using isync to download my IMAP mail to a directory in maildir format. I use the following line in ~/.mbsyncrc to fetch the mail password:

PassCmd "gnome-keyring-query get mail_pw"

My ~/.mbsyncrc is configured correctly, because I am able to fetch mail successfully when running:

$ mbsync mymail

I want to automate this process using Systemd User/Timer Units. The Arch Wiki page for OfflineIMAP suggests that it should be possible to configure a Systemd User service to access the GNOME Keyring if a D-Bus Systemd User service is configured correctly:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Of … md_Service

I have followed the instructions here to configure a D-Bus Systemd User service:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Systemd/User#D-Bus

I then created ~/.config/systemd/user/mail.timer :

[Unit]
Description=Fetch mail regularly

[Timer]
OnBootSec=1min
OnUnitActiveSec=5min

[Install]
WantedBy=timers.target

and ~/.config/systemd/user/mail.service :

[Unit]
Description=Service to use isync to download mail
After=network.target network-online.target dbus.socket

[Service]
ExecStart=/usr/bin/mbsync -q mymail

and enabled the timer.

However, I see the following in the journal:

** systemd[730]: Starting Service to use isync to download mail...
** systemd[730]: Started Service to use isync to download mail.
** dbus-daemon[996]: Activating service name='org.freedesktop.secrets'
** gnome-keyring-daemon[736]: The Secret Service was already initialized
** mbsync[1622]: Gkr-Message: secret service operation failed: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.
** mbsync[1622]: Failed to get password: mail_pw
** mbsync[1622]: Skipping account mymail, password command exited with status 1
** systemd[730]: mail.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
** systemd[730]: Unit mail.service entered failed state.
** dbus-daemon[996]: Failed to activate service 'org.freedesktop.secrets': timed out

Any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks.

mhlopko

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Registered: 2015-03-01

Posts: 1

Re: Cannot access GNOME Keyring from Systemd Unit Service

Hi Dude :)

did you manage to solve the issue? I'm fighting the same thing these days.

Thanks!