Remove Password From Keyring

After using Fedora since 2006, I’ve decided to try out some other Linux distributions.  I briefly tried Ubuntu before I moved on to Linux Mint, and for now I am more than happy with Linux Mint.  I’ve noticed on Linux Mint, immediately after booting the gnome keyring asks for a password before Network Manager can establish a connection.  This is extremely annoying, and after a couple of months the keyring was starting to drive me crazy.

To remove the keyring password start out by doing the following.

1. Open up your home folder
2. View hidden files by going to View -> Show Hidden Files.
3. Open up the folder .gnome2.
4. Open up the folder keyrings, and delete and files in this folder.
5. Reboot.

After rebooting enter in your password to connect to the internet, and when you are prompted to create the new keyring password click create.  Do not enter a password before moving on.  When the next window pops up, click use unsafe storage.  Now you will no longer be prompted to enter in a password for the gnome keyring.

For all those who are skimming through the instructions:

1. Connect to the internet; if this does not happen automatically.
2. When prompted for the keyring password, leave the entry box blank and hit create.
3. Cick Use Unsafe Storage.