https://halfgeek.org/wiki/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Keychain Keychain - Revision history 2026-05-28T12:18:42Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.34.0 https://halfgeek.org/wiki/index.php?title=Keychain&diff=2266&oldid=prev Psmay: /* Replacing GNOME Keyring */ 2015-09-30T19:16:53Z <p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Replacing GNOME Keyring</span></span></p> <table class="diff diff-contentalign-left" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #222; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #222; text-align: center;">Revision as of 19:16, 30 September 2015</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l18" >Line 18:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 18:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&lt;syntaxhighlight lang=bash&gt;</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&lt;syntaxhighlight lang=bash&gt;</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">mkdir -p ~/.config/autostart</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>cat &lt;&lt; EOF &gt; ~/.config/autostart/gnome-keyring-ssh.desktop</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>cat &lt;&lt; EOF &gt; ~/.config/autostart/gnome-keyring-ssh.desktop</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[Desktop Entry]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[Desktop Entry]</div></td></tr> <!-- diff cache key halfgeek_org_1-kb2_:diff::1.12:old-2217:rev-2266 --> </table> Psmay https://halfgeek.org/wiki/index.php?title=Keychain&diff=2217&oldid=prev Psmay at 19:52, 4 December 2014 2014-12-04T19:52:14Z <p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{lowercase|title=keychain}}<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;keychain&#039;&#039;&#039; is a program that facilitates reuse of ssh-agent and gpg-agent from login to login. The upshot is that you don&#039;t have to enter passphrases with frustrating frequency.<br /> <br /> ==Inserting into login scripts==<br /> <br /> The man page says this typically goes in [[.bash_profile]] (with a new enough version...so upgrade if this doesn&#039;t work):<br /> <br /> eval `keychain --eval id_rsa id_dsa 0123ABCD`<br /> <br /> Replace the key names with any SSH and GPG keys you want it to use sans intervention.<br /> <br /> ==Replacing GNOME Keyring==<br /> <br /> According to [http://blog.kylemanna.com/linux/2014/07/10/use-funtoos-keyhain-insetad-of-gnome-keyring/ this wonderful article], the nuisance that is GNOME Keyring can be replaced with keychain by overriding the former&#039;s autostart entries with ones in your home dir.<br /> <br /> Do this, then log out and back in.<br /> <br /> &lt;syntaxhighlight lang=bash&gt;<br /> cat &lt;&lt; EOF &gt; ~/.config/autostart/gnome-keyring-ssh.desktop<br /> [Desktop Entry]<br /> Type=Application<br /> Name=SSH Key Agent (keychain)<br /> Exec=keychain --quiet --agents ssh<br /> EOF<br /> <br /> cat &lt;&lt; EOF &gt; ~/.config/autostart/gnome-keyring-gpg.desktop<br /> [Desktop Entry]<br /> Type=Application<br /> Name=GPG Key Agent (keychain)<br /> Exec=keychain --quiet --agents gpg<br /> EOF<br /> &lt;/syntaxhighlight&gt;</div> Psmay