Why is gnome's default keyring constantly being written to?
by Ninguém from LinuxQuestions.org on (#5FJ0N)
I am trying to manage my gnome keyrings with git annex (see this article if curious - my variation uses git annex for binary files).
But I see ~/.local/share/keyrings/Default_keyring.keyring is changing from time to time, even if I don't add or remove any key.
What is writing to it? could it be the act of logging in? Or just unlock the screen?
How can I prevent this?
I still would like to back it up since some of the keys there are important, but I don't want to be misguided by git status stating that the file has changed even if nothing relevant has been changed.
I noticed a file (~/.local/share/keyrings/default) with the content "Default_keyring" wich, I presume, points to the default keyring (!). But what is it the default for? Could I change it to point to an untracked keyring, like "Trash_keyring"?
Or how could I move those important keys to some other keyring?
But I see ~/.local/share/keyrings/Default_keyring.keyring is changing from time to time, even if I don't add or remove any key.
What is writing to it? could it be the act of logging in? Or just unlock the screen?
How can I prevent this?
I still would like to back it up since some of the keys there are important, but I don't want to be misguided by git status stating that the file has changed even if nothing relevant has been changed.
I noticed a file (~/.local/share/keyrings/default) with the content "Default_keyring" wich, I presume, points to the default keyring (!). But what is it the default for? Could I change it to point to an untracked keyring, like "Trash_keyring"?
Or how could I move those important keys to some other keyring?