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I want to disable GNOME keyring globally on my machine. So I deleted the lines

auth    optional        pam_gnome_keyring.so
session optional        pam_gnome_keyring.so auto_start

in /etc/pam.d/gdm. It seems to me that this has no effect. When I lock in the syslog writes

Aug 24 18:37:03 foobar gnome-screensaver-dialog: gkr-pam: unlocked login keyring

and another user sees a menu window where he hs to enter his credentials. So what is the correct way to disable keyring for every user on that machine?

Jorge Castro
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qbi
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    possible duplicate of [How can I stop being prompted to unlock the 'default' keyring on boot?](http://askubuntu.com/questions/867/how-can-i-stop-being-prompted-to-unlock-the-default-keyring-on-boot) – Ringtail Nov 04 '12 at 05:03

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I think you just disabled the auto-unlock. To disable it completely, I suppose you could uninstall it. If that makes the package manager unhappy, you could also sudo chmod -x /usr/bin/gnome-keyring

maco
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  • The `pam_gnome_keyring.so` PAM module passes your login password to gnome-keyring after you login, which unlocks those keyrings that have the same password. Seems like marking `seahorse` for removal doesn't try to pull other packages with it, so removing it should be safe. – JanC Aug 25 '10 at 01:24
  • Don't uninstall it. In Ubuntu 20.10 it will uninstall also `ubuntu-session` and `gnome-shell`, that would break your system – robertspierre Mar 12 '21 at 02:00
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Try this: System ⇒ Preferences ⇒ Startup Applications and uncheck gnome-keyring-daemon.

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For Gnome 3 (ubuntu 17.10 and later):

  • ubuntu/windows key →
  • Startup Applications →
  • uncheck/remove SSH Key Agent/GNOME Keyring: SSH Agent
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