How do I fix it so that I am not asked for my KDE Wallet and Keychain passwords every time that I reboot. I am using Kubuntu 18.04 with the latest updates.
To begin with, please be patient and keep answers fairly simple, I'm a Linux quasi-noob. But I'm a sysadmin and can usually figure stuff out, but this issue is foiling me.
I use an Ubuntu 16.04 home theater pc to run Kodi. It's set up to auto-login and auto-start kodi upon boot. This mostly works pretty well. But I've signed up for a vpn and trying to incorporate the openvpn connection into the process without user input is seeming impossible?
- I've installed openvpn and openvpn-gnome, and set up the vpn connection. It works fine using the credentials.
- I've set the main wired connection to automatically connect to the vpn when it launches. This is where the issue is. It prompts for the keychain password. And it doens't even try to connect unless I tell it to.
- I've tried the solution here: https://blog.matthewurch.ca/?p=331 but it didn't work.
- I don't know enough to try something like Ubuntu 16.04 auto-start VPN, I'm missing some info on how to set that up, and not sure if it would work if I could.
I understand that the default is for the keychain to engage with auto-login. Is there no way around it? I also don't want to use a blank keychain password since that will send my vpn password unencrypted (as I understand it).
To clarify, my goal (if possible) is: 1-autologin, 2-connect to vpn, 3-launch kodi, all with no user input.
Any help is appreciated.
How to avoid entering keychain password, without disabling autologin?
Just got a new netbook running Ubuntu. When I turn it on it auto-logs-in to the desktop automatically, but when I try to connect to the wireless network it wants my Keyring password to store the password. Problem is it isn't in the documentation (yes, I read the documentation.)
I see a lot of people asking about "Enter password to unlock your login keyring" and the cause usually centers around either they forgot the password, or the keyring password is different than the login password. So the advice is either how to change the keyring password to match the login, or deleting the keyring and creating a new one with a password they remember.
While I could delete and recreate the keyring, I still wouldn't know the login password. Without the login password I cannot run sudo either. I tried blank for the keyring password and that didn't work either.
Also, I know that the root password is blank, and the account is disabled. So I am not asking about that.
Question comes down to this: Is there a way to discover the password for the account that was auto-logged in? If not can I change it? I'm up for reinstalling if I have to, but would rather not. Besides, it is a netbook and does not have a optical drive.
Can someone please explain what Ubuntu's keychain or keyring is, as well as use cases for it?