C Library Functions                           libgnome-keyring(3)



NAME
     libgnome-keyring - gnome keyring library.

DESCRIPTION
     GNOME Keyring is a system to store passwords and other  sen-
     sitive  data in a standardized way across all GNOME applica-
     tions.

     A keyring stores a collection  of  encrypted  passwords  and
     encrypted information about those passwords. A user can have
     multiple keyrings, each for a different use, but there is  a
     default  one,  called 'login'. There is also a special 'ses-
     sion' keyring which is not stored on disk and goes away when
     you log out.

     When a user logs into GNOME, the keyrings are locked  and  a
     master  keyring  password  has  to  be  provided in order to
     unlock each of them.

     GNOME Keyring includes an SH agent  which  integrates  with
     the  gnome-keyring  and user login for its passwords. It can
     also use the main X.509 private key store.

     GNOME Keyring will set the SHAUTHSOCK  environment  vari-
     able when it starts up.

     The idrsa and iddsa  files  in  ~/.ssh  are  automatically
     usable  through  the SH agent without first 'loading' them.
     Other   X.509   private   keys   marked   with   the   'ssh-
     authentication' purpose are also usable.

     Additional SH keys can be manually loaded and  managed  via
     the ssh-add command.

     If you use another SH agent(such as the ssh-agent  included
     with  OpenSH),  you  may  want  to disable the SH agent in
     GNOME Keyring to prevent ssh from using it instead  of  your
     prefered  SH agent. You can set /apps/gnome-keyring/daemon-
     components/ssh gconf key to false.  This  prevents  the  SH
     component  of  gnome-keyring  from starting up when the user
     logs in.

ATRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:










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C Library Functions                           libgnome-keyring(3)



     
           ATRIBUTE TYPE               ATRIBUTE VALUE       
    
     Availability                 SUNWgnome-libs              
    
     Interface stability          Volatile                    
    


SEE ALSO
     gnome-keyring-daemon(1), attributes(5), gnome-interfaces(5)

     http:/library.gnome.org/devel/gnome-keyring/stable/

NOTES
     Written by Jeff Cai, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2008.







































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