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1 # Introduction | 1 # Linux Password Storage |
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3 On Linux, Chromium can store passwords in three ways: | 3 On Linux, Chromium can store passwords in three ways: |
4 * GNOME Keyring | |
5 * KWallet 4 | |
6 * plain text | |
7 Chromium chooses which store to use automatically, based on your desktop environ
ment. | |
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9 Passwords stored in GNOME Keyring or KWallet are encrypted on disk, and access t
o them is controlled by dedicated daemon software. Passwords stored in plain tex
t are not encrypted. Because of this, when either GNOME Keyring or KWallet is in
use, any unencrypted passwords that have been stored previously are automatical
ly moved into the encrypted store. | 5 * GNOME Keyring |
| 6 * KWallet 4 |
| 7 * plain text |
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11 Support for using GNOME Keyring and KWallet was added in version 6, but using th
ese (when available) was not made the default mode until version 12. | 9 Chromium chooses which store to use automatically, based on your desktop |
| 10 environment. |
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13 # Details | 12 Passwords stored in GNOME Keyring or KWallet are encrypted on disk, and access |
| 13 to them is controlled by dedicated daemon software. Passwords stored in plain |
| 14 text are not encrypted. Because of this, when either GNOME Keyring or KWallet is |
| 15 in use, any unencrypted passwords that have been stored previously are |
| 16 automatically moved into the encrypted store. |
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15 Although Chromium chooses which store to use automatically, the store to use can
also be specified with a command line argument: | 18 Support for using GNOME Keyring and KWallet was added in version 6, but using |
16 * `--password-store=gnome` (to use GNOME Keyring) | 19 these (when available) was not made the default mode until version 12. |
17 * `--password-store=kwallet` (to use KWallet) | |
18 * `--password-store=basic` (to use the plain text store) | |
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20 Note that Chromium will fall back to `basic` if a requested or autodetected stor
e is not available. | 21 ## Details |
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22 In versions 6-11, the store to use was not detected automatically, but detection
could be requested with an additional argument: | 23 Although Chromium chooses which store to use automatically, the store to use can |
23 * `--password-store=detect` | 24 also be specified with a command line argument: |
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| 26 * `--password-store=gnome` (to use GNOME Keyring) |
| 27 * `--password-store=kwallet` (to use KWallet) |
| 28 * `--password-store=basic` (to use the plain text store) |
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| 30 Note that Chromium will fall back to `basic` if a requested or autodetected |
| 31 store is not available. |
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| 33 In versions 6-11, the store to use was not detected automatically, but detection |
| 34 could be requested with an additional argument: |
| 35 |
| 36 * `--password-store=detect` |
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