Prevent password-based SDDM logins from creating an encrypted login keyring

2026-02-21 15:03:16 +01:00
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+echo "Prevent SDDM password login from creating encrypted login keyring"
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+# Remove the encrypted login keyring if it exists (it conflicts with the passwordless Default_keyring)
+rm -f "$HOME/.local/share/keyrings/login.keyring"
+
+# Remove gnome-keyring auth/password lines from sddm PAM so password-based logins
+# don't create an encrypted login keyring. Keep the session line to start the daemon,
+# which will auto-unlock the passwordless Default_keyring.
+sudo sed -i '/-auth.*pam_gnome_keyring\.so/d' /etc/pam.d/sddm
+sudo sed -i '/-password.*pam_gnome_keyring\.so/d' /etc/pam.d/sddm