I understand they are important and are what makes linux relatively secure compared to windows.
However, when I boot my PC, I don’t want to spend a whole minute to type my password into different promts that keep getting hidden behind other windows that are starting up. I am using Nobara KDE now, but previously when I was using Pop!_OS, none of these prompts showed up.
Currently I have 2 prompts after logging on. One for my keychain when discord autostarts, and one for flatpak when gpu-screen-recorder launches. Interestingly, discord works just fine, with auto logon, regardless of whether the keychain prompt gets canceled or filled with the password.
Any idea on how to get rid of them? I’d prefer if really only that startup prompt was gone, and it would still ask me for the password whenever it launches any other way.
Here you go: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Polkit#Bypass_password_prompt
I do this on every new install.
that seems to be exactly what im looking for. thanks
Np :)
To hazard a guess, this is a gnome keyring asking to be unlocked after login?
Caveat: it has been a few years since I was on gnome.
You can tie it to the login with the gnome keying PAM module.
I’m not sure what keyring exactly, but I would be suprised if it was the gnome keyring because I am using KDE
Bah, I read Nobara and assumed gnome. You said KDE right there.
Well, good news: Kwallet has a similar feature, albeit through an extra package: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/KDE_Wallet#Unlock_KDE_Wallet_automatically_on_login
Idk about the gpu screen recorder but for the keychain for Discord if you disable the KDE wallet subsystem (which is just in the kde system settings) it should stop asking. it’s never caused me an issue and made the discord popup go away. its a dirty solution but its what worked for me.
I’ll disable it and see what happens next reboot. Earlier I tried some flag when launching discord that was supposed to make the prompt go away but that didn’t work. Thanks for that tip.
edit: awesome! this worked. now I just need to figure out flatpak and the screen recorder :D
Personally, I’ve relied on an OnlyKey for a few years (with backups and an extra fallback device) and haven’t needed to type passwords since. This doesn’t help with the number of prompts, but it does make them easier to dismiss.
I do use autologin, but I don’t use a system wallet (only KeePassXC, which I do need to unlock manually). Autologin with system wallets can be tricky, but I’ve had some luck setting it up in the past. You might want to check out this wiki for PAM configuration.
hmm, interesting idea for sure. I think I would just leave it plugged in 24/7 though so I think I’ll skip this one for now.
Yeah for me it’s been great and I do essentially leave it plugged in the whole time I’m using my PC (attached to my keys). It does require a pin entered each boot, so leaving it in would still offer security. But as someone else mentioned getting kwallet PAM working would make things easier in any case
may I ask how do you unlock it manually? Like what do you have to type in, specifically? /s
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That’s so cool! I did not know that Lemmy would automatically put in stars when you type a password!
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hunter2
Hey wait why does it still show for me
*******Just shows stars on my screen.
Lol. I press a button on the device (which I unlocked with a pin before boot), but it would be nice to have the DB unlock automatically
I really want to know this too, I’ve been looking for a fix for this but no luck. Waiting to hear replies
in case you’re wondering about discord specifically, turning off the KDE wallet subsystem in the system settings worked for me, since I didn’t use it anyways.
To remove the password prompt from gpu screen recorder you have to install it from source or from aur: https://git.dec05eba.com/gpu-screen-recorder/about/. Right now there is no good way to do that with the flatpak (adding exception for it in polkit wont work that nicely because of how it works).
thanks for the tip! I haven’t gotten around to playing with polkit yet but I’ll try to see if I can make that work. I don’t think I’ve ever installed anything from the aur. probably a good time to try it out ^^
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