There are 2 solutions floating on the web for this problem:   Disable the passwords keyring in Ubuntu or put in a blank password. I don't think I understand the full implications of this hack and I would not want to compromise the security of my system to fix this problem. So I'm looking for another solution. Make Google Chrome use its built in password storage instead of relying on the Ubuntu password keyring.You would do this by locating the Chrome launcher within the system folders and adding "--password-store=basic" to the exec command. None of these edits changes the launcher in the dock, though. Or should I say "dash"? I don't know the proper Gnome terminology but it's the application shortcuts in the left bar. If I click that Chrome launcher it always brings lots of popups that ask me to unlock the keyring.   Editing launchers like this does something, though, because it fixes the launcher in the "Applications" menu. By that I mean the list of installed applications that you see when you click the 9 dots in the bottom left of the screen. (I apologize for not providing the proper name for this menu but I was unable to find what Gnome names all its UI elements).  So if I open the menu and click the Chrome launcher there, everything is cool. But if I click the icon on the desktop or if I click a link in Thunderbird that launches Chrome, all hell breaks loose. Not only do I get a ton of popups that ask for my password to unlock the keyring, but some of the stored cookies are somehow reset too.  Edit:  I figured that Ubuntu uses 2 separate launchers for Google Chrome: one for the dash/dock on the desktop and a different one for the applications menu. Editing all launchers in all documented locations to append the command with "--password-store=basic" will only affect the one in the applications menu. That launcher will have the correct command and will behave as expected. The one in the dash/dock, however, seems to be kept in a secret location and you cannot get to edit it. This is also the launcher that Ubuntu uses whenever Chrome is launched by another application - like, for example - when Thunderbird launches Chrome to load a URL you clicked in an email.   Whenever that launcher is used, Chrome will try to use the passwords in the Ubuntu keyring, which is locked by default, so this results in a ton of popups that you have to dismiss at every launch. Even more annoying, this action also seems to clear some of the browser cookies that relate to authentication and site preferences. And in some circumstances can lead to losing all your browser stored passwords. Which is really bad because using the browser stored passwords seems to be the only way to avoid the buggy keyring.
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In Google Chrome, when I go to a login page, a window pops up asking to "Enter password for keyring 'default' to unlock". In most cases, whether I click Cancel or enter my password, the login form gets auto filled anyway.  How do I get rid of the popup? I want it to auto login each time, not ask for my system password. The dialog box never appears for any other apps.
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I'm trying to do the following but it's not quite right.  cat ~/Desktop/blah.png | ssh -t -t trusktr@50.116.4.56 "cat | sudo -i 'cat | /path/to/blah.png'"   I have my public ssh key in the trusktr@50.116.4.56 user's .ssh folder, so no initial password is needed. When the sudo -i command finally starts, it prompts me for the root password, but immediately fails as if I had pressed enter but I didn't even touch the keyboard. I have a feeling maybe the cat command is being catted into the password prompt. The output looks like this:  trusktr@LENOVO-PC ~ $ cat ~/Desktop/win-8.1-missing-lockscreen-setting.png | ssh -t -t trusktr@50.116.4.56 "cat | sudo -i 'cat &gt; /srv/http/default/htdocs/~/img/win-8.1-missing-lockscreen-setting.png'" tcgetattr: Not a character device [sudo] password for root: You type like i drive. [sudo] password for root: Your mind just hasn't been the same since the electro-shock, has it? [sudo] password for root: Maybe if you used more than just two fingers... sudo: 3 incorrect password attempts Connection to 50.116.4.56 closed.   I don't have direct ssh access through the root user, only through a normal user with access to sudo using the root password.  How might I cat the image through ssh, through the non-root user, into the root location all in a single command?
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As everybody knows, emails are being read and stored. I don't like that so much and installed Enigmail, which enables PGP-encryption for emails in Thunderbird. It took me two days to install and understand the details.  Now that it is working I get aware, that I will never really use it, because my family, friends and clients aren't really interested in generating public and private keys. So I won't be able to send any encrypted messages, nor will receive them.  I'm searching for a simple way to encrypt emails in Ubuntu, without having to bother other people with "strange" petitions about software they would have to install to read my emails.
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I lock my computer a lot, and was wondering if there was a way to get the lock screen when I hit Ctrl + Alt + L. Right now when I use that key combination it turns the screen black, and I have to hit a key or click to bring up the screen where it shows the option to enter your password or switch users, as well as displaying the desktop background behind it.   Is there anyway to avoid having to hit that extra key, to bring up the screen I want? And is there anyway to keep it that way? It's really a matter of personal preference, and I don't see any reason why not to have it stay that way as my monitor eventually is turned off and/or my computer suspended.
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As it was instructed in another thread here in the forums, I opened the /usr/share/applications/mimeinfo.cache file to check for correct references. And noticed this doesn't seem to be the problem, there even are 3 optional browsers to use.  x-scheme-handler/http=google-chrome.desktop;chromium-browser.desktop;firefox.desktop; x-scheme-handler/https=google-chrome.desktop;chromium-browser.desktop;firefox.desktop;   I already checked that the programs are correctly named, using the "which" command in the terminal, like this:  $ which google-chrome $ /usr/bin/google-chrome   So google-chrome should be the first option and yet the order to open a url doesn't seem to be arriving to the program, not even to the 2nd or 3rd option for that matter anyways.  Also, the 'Get help online...' command in the 'Help' menu doesn't work. So it is not a problem with the specific document file either.  I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. If you need to ask for more relevant details, please do. It would be nice to have various opinions on how to solve this, thank you :-)  UPDATE: I ran evince from the terminal as asked. This is what I'm getting when trying to open a link:  /opt/google/chrome/google-chrome: line 42: /opt/google/chrome/chrome: Permission denied /opt/google/chrome/google-chrome: line 42: /opt/google/chrome/chrome: Success   Should I try the fix you suggested even if my error log is different?  UPDATE: Tried @maggotbrain's solution and BINGO, now I can study pdf references faster thanks to you bro!
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Ubuntu noob here. I recently got a VPS running Ubuntu, and decided to install Chromium, my preferred browser, on it. After installation completed, I got a message stating that I cannot open Chromium with root privileges. How would I go about opening Chromium?
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I'm confident that I do not need a password for my computer. How do I remove passwords for things like when the screensaver activates and installing software?
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I have already gone through   and I'm really not getting why the solutions given there are not working for me.  What I'm doing is:   sudo apt-get purge chromium-browser   rm -rf ~/.config/chromium     Then reinstalling by running the following command:   sudo apt-get install chromium-browser    This must remove the settings of chromium-browser and do a fresh installation. The browser is uninstalling, but after being installed it is containing the previous settings, moreover it's not signing me out of even Gmail!
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I have a problem with Ubuntu 13.04.  I cannot log in to my account. I put the right password but there is an endless loop. (if i put wrong pass, it says "Invalid password..."). Also, it doesnt show the small drop down menu with choices "Gnome fallback, Default, etc.."  If i login as guest, the desktop is clear, no bars, no menus, anything. Just right clicks works only.  I have already try  solution ( chown username:username .Xauthority ) but there is no "Xauthority" at ubuntu 13.04. (?)  Is the problem about lightdm? Also, i tried sudo dpkg-reconfigure lightdm but it soesn't work.  I use the recovery mode (root command shell or something like this) in order to try the above commands.  Has anyone a solution?  Thank you.
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No matter that   in Settings &rarr; Basics &rarr; On startup, I have selected Open the home page Home page is set to my internal address   Chrome still opens with two tabs: my Home page and a Sign in tab (in foreground!).  How do I disable this Sign in thing?  I do not ever want to use it.  The version I'm using is Chrome 18.0.1025.168.  (For purposes of testing, I'm intentionally using older version.)
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When I go to any github.com page in Chrome, I get a big ugly error:  You attempted to reach github.com, but the server presented a certificate issued by an entity that is not trusted by your computer's operating system. This may mean that the server has generated its own security credentials, which Chrome cannot rely on for identity information, or an attacker may be trying to intercept your communications. You cannot proceed because the website operator has requested heightened security for this domain.  The same thing happens (in Chrome and with curl) when I go to  too. This strange problem started about a week and a half ago. Here's what I see when I click the broken lock icon in the address bar:   But gist.github.com works just fine:   It doesn't work with curl either:  Everything works fine in Firefox. How can I fix my root CA problem? Here's what it looks like in Firefox:   Update: I noticed that the first certificate in the chain is different in my broken Chrome/Safari as compared to Chrome on my other computer.   (There's no nasty red X anymore because I trusted it in Safari.) See how the issuers are different? What can I make of that?
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If I attempt to change my password to nothing by opening "User Accounts", the "Change" button remains greyed out:    How do I change my password to be empty? I know you can set Ubuntu to automatically log you in, but I want my password to be empty, I never want to type in a password to authenticate myself as that user.  I know that there are reasons why this might not be a good idea, but I want to know if it is even possible. I'm using Ubuntu 12.10.
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I'm working on a Ubuntu system, and my client has completely forgotten his administrative password. He doesn't even remember entering one; however it is there.  I've tried the suggestions on the website, and I have been unsuccessful in deleting the password so that I can download applets required for running some files. Is there a solution?
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As the title says; I used to be able to press Tab+Enter in Chrome to take me to the first search result. This now only works if I am not signed in to my Google account. When signed in, I can't do it. It works fine (signed in and not) on Firefox.  I believe this may have stopped working since a system update.  I'm using:   Ubuntu 12.10 Chrome 23.0.1271.64   Is this to do with a setting within Google, or is it something within Chrome? Because it works in Firefox, it suggests it is a Chrome problem. I tried disabling all extensions, but no joy.
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I am using Google Chrome. I re-installed it today as it was crashing when I start it. I guess may be that this was due to any of my Extensions or Google Update. I disabled my extensions but it was still crashing. Now I installed an old version of chrome from . However, Chrome automaticallyuppdates itself (although Windows asks me before installing and I don't grant it permissions, its still annoying to get Google update asking me permission after a couple of minutes.   I saw the question at  however, it doesn't seem to hlp me. i disabled the service and I stopped it as well, but the problem still persists. I also tried to look into the registry according to the following link:  but the "Policies" section of my registry doesn't contain any folder called "Google". I use Windows 7 - 64 bit Home Premium Service pack 1.  Could anybody help? Thanks a ton!
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How do I automatically unlock the keyring at login on my Lubuntu 14.04 system?  There are a lot of answers to this problem on this site and Ubuntu Forums, but none are applicable to a 14.04 Lubuntu system - it appears that the Passwords and Keys dialog has changed significantly since those answers were supplied.   SO -    answers telling me to tick the box for "Unlock the keyring at login" in the Seahorse app do not work, because it is not there. answers (like ) telling me to tick the box on the "Unlock Keyring" dialog box to unlock it at login do not work, because it is not there auto-login was never set on this system, so that is not a contributor, and  does not apply the issue does not arise with Network Manager (like ), but rather with Deja-dup I do not want an answer that involves removing the keyring password entirely - like    How can this rather basic requirement be met on a Lubuntu 14.04 system?  [edit] - here is the dialog box requesting the keyring unlock.
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I have installed Ubuntu using the GUI, giving myself a password and everything. I do not intricately remember the process. However, what worries me is that I don't know the following password:  $ su Password: &lt;the only password I've ever created on this machine&gt; su: Authentication failure   I just don't know what to do. I'm not in trouble, but I just want to know what's going on here. I can also lock myself out of directories:  starkers@ubuntu:~/Desktop$ mkdir foobs starkers@ubuntu:~/Desktop$ sudo chmod 777 -R foobs sudo: /var/lib/sudo writable by non-owner (040777), should be mode 0700 [sudo] password for starkers: &lt;the only password I've ever created on this machine&gt;  starkers@ubuntu:~/Desktop$ cd foobs bash: cd: foobs: Permission denied   I'm just a bit confused. How can I lock myself out like this? I think sudo is the key command here. But I'm making the foobs file as open as it can possibly be via the chmod, so why does it lock me out?