GNOME Keyring

GNOME Keyring
Initial release2003
Stable release
42.1[1] Edit this on Wikidata / 23 May 2022; 2 years ago (23 May 2022)
Repository
Written inC
Type
LicenseGPL-2.0-or-later
Websitewiki.gnome.org/Projects/GnomeKeyring

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

References

  1. ^ "gnome-keyring 42.1". 23 May 2022. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "'gnome-keyring' tag wiki - Ask Ubuntu". Retrieved 28 February 2017.
  4. ^ Oxer, Jonathan; Rankin, Kyle; Childers, Bill (2006). Ubuntu Hacks: Tips & Tools for Exploring, Using, and Tuning Linux. O'Reilly Media. p. 161. ISBN 9780596551469.
  5. ^ Jain, Manish (2018). Beginning Modern Unix: Learn to Live Comfortably in a Modern Unix Environment. Apress. p. 186. ISBN 9781484235287.
  6. ^ Anwari, Mohammad (2013). Gnome 3 Application Development Beginner's Guide. Packt Publishing Ltd. ISBN 9781849519434.
  7. ^ "GNOME 2.22 Release Notes".

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