GNOME Keyring
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 GNOME Keyring Manager 2.12.1 | |
| Initial release | 2003 |
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| License | GPL-2.0-or-later |
| Website | wiki |
GNOME Keyring is a software application designed to store security credentials such as usernames,[2] passwords,[2] and keys, together with a small amount of relevant metadata. The sensitive data is encrypted and stored in a keyring file in the user's home directory. The default keyring uses the login password for encryption, so users don't need to remember another password.[3]
As of 2009, GNOME Keyring was part of the desktop environment in the operating system OpenSolaris.[2]
GNOME Keyring is implemented as a daemon and uses the process name gnome-keyring-daemon. Applications can store and request passwords by using the libsecret library which replaces the deprecated libgnome-keyring library.
GNOME Keyring is part of the GNOME desktop. As of 2006, it integrated with NetworkManager to store WEP passwords.[4] GNOME Web and the email client Geary uses GNOME Keyring to store passwords.[5]
On systems where GNOME Keyring is present, software written in Vala can use it to store and retrieve passwords.[6] The GNOME Keyring Manager (gnome-keyring-manager) was the first user interface for the GNOME Keyring. As of GNOME 2.22, it is deprecated and replaced entirely with Seahorse.[7]
See also
Free and open-source software portal
- KWallet, the KDE equivalent
- Apple Keychain
- NetworkManager
- Seahorse (software)
- Linux on the desktop
- List of password managers
- Password manager
- Cryptography
References
- ^ "gnome-keyring 42.1". 23 May 2022. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
- ^ a b c Foxwell, Harry; Tran, Hung (2009). Pro OpenSolaris: A New Open Source OS for Linux Developers and Administrators. Apress. p. 54. ISBN 9781430218920.
- ^ "'gnome-keyring' tag wiki - Ask Ubuntu". Retrieved 28 February 2017.
- ^ Oxer, Jonathan; Rankin, Kyle; Childers, Bill (2006). Ubuntu Hacks: Tips & Tools for Exploring, Using, and Tuning Linux. O'Reilly Media. p. 161. ISBN 9780596551469.
- ^ Jain, Manish (2018). Beginning Modern Unix: Learn to Live Comfortably in a Modern Unix Environment. Apress. p. 186. ISBN 9781484235287.
- ^ Anwari, Mohammad (2013). Gnome 3 Application Development Beginner's Guide. Packt Publishing Ltd. ISBN 9781849519434.
- ^ "GNOME 2.22 Release Notes".
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