[CentOS] What does this Centos Network Manager error message mean

Eero Volotinen eero.volotinen at iki.fi
Sun Jul 28 03:53:42 UTC 2013


keyring is place where passwords can be stored safely, without it saves
password(s) in plaintext ..

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Eero


2013/7/28 Rock <Rocksockdoc at gmail.com>

> Here is the error message:
>  http://i41.tinypic.com/2zz71bp.png
>
> Wireless Network Authentication Required
> Unlock Keyring: The application 'NetworkManager Applet'
> (/usr/bin/nm-applet) wants access to the default keyring,
> but it is locked.
>
> The funny thing is,
> (a) I've never seen this message before (in a year of using CentOS)
> (b) I am the system administrator but it won't take the root password
> (c) I don't even know 'what' a default keyring is in the first place
> (d) This only happened after I changed the SSID of my home network
>
> When I tried to connect to my home network with the new SSID, this
> message came up. Funny thing is that I never got past it, since it
> seems to want a password that isn't my user password nor my root
> password.
>
> I still connected to the network though. So, it's odd all around.
> In fact, it makes no sense to me.
>
> Q1: What password is it looking for anyway? (it's not root or the user)
> Q2: Why did it let me connect to the home network
> Note: If you get this, I am on the network even without typing whatever
> password that application seems to want.
>
>
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