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echasslau

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Registered: 2007-09-21

Posts: 113

Auto unlock gnome keyring with startx

Hello.

I'am starting my X11 with a startx in inittab:

x:5:respawn:/bin/su andreas -l -c "/usr/bin/startx >/dev/null 2>&1"

Now I wan't to auto unlock my gnome-keyring but i don't know how. Can anybody help me?

Thanks, Andreas

Vamp898

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From: 東京

Registered: 2009-01-03

Posts: 912

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Re: Auto unlock gnome keyring with startx

afaik it doesnt work. You have to login with GDM to get it working

echasslau

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Registered: 2007-09-21

Posts: 113

Re: Auto unlock gnome keyring with startx

found a really quick'n'dirty workaround:

#!/bin/sh
gnome-keyring-daemon
echo PASSWORD | pam-keyring-tool -su

Last edited by echasslau (2010-06-15 14:21:19)

zodmaner

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Registered: 2007-07-11

Posts: 653

Re: Auto unlock gnome keyring with startx

Thank you for making me know about pam-keyting-tool. It is quite handy.

Last edited by zodmaner (2010-08-27 11:22:29)