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Posted: **Sat Jan 13, 2024 8:18 am**

anticapitalista wrote: Sat Jan 13, 2024 5:21 am Have you stolen that computer?

No dear, but your have a reason. I just gave so many passwords and encryption to be a security nerd. But now I think what is optimal. So I want to remove some of them but while googling i have to search the passwords by name. So...

Rest assured i havnt stolen it. Otherwise I know to remove Bios battery and then format every thing.
Thanks

Posted: **Sat Jan 13, 2024 8:20 am**

Thanks to all.
This community is very helpful.

Posted: **Sat Jan 13, 2024 3:59 pm**

I don't know the names of each passwords but I do know that they are there for security. Years ago I have seen a gentleman that goes by the name of Mathew Moore that has made Linux operate similar to Windows when it comes to passwords by removing these passwords on his Linux distro. I personally don't like that kind of password removable extreme but to each it's own which is one of the many things I like about Linux. In my case I am the only-one that uses my computer with the login password disabled with full disk encryption so I only have to enter the password once and not twice every-time I boot-up my computer.

Posted: **Sun Jan 14, 2024 9:28 pm**

Mauser wrote: Sat Jan 13, 2024 3:59 pm I don't know the names of each passwords but I do know that they are there for security. Years ago I have seen a gentleman that goes by the name of Mathew Moore that has made Linux operate similar to Windows when it comes to passwords by removing these passwords on his Linux distro. I personally don't like that kind of password removable extreme but to each it's own which is one of the many things I like about Linux. In my case I am the only-one that uses my computer with the login password disabled with full disk encryption so I only have to enter the password once and not twice every-time I boot-up my computer.

Yes you are right. And if you name the passwords, then while installing you know where you are placing the password. Same case here but I have placed passwords everywhere and now I want it to be optimal. So I think I should remove Login password.

Thanks

Posted: **Sun Jan 14, 2024 10:19 pm**

@Mauser
If I understand correctly, your encrypted login either "handles" your normal user login which might then "handle" "Passwords and Keys" (aka Seahorse, the GUI for gnome-keyring), thereby providing your browser keyring passwords; or your encrypted login bypasses your normal user login and manages "Passwords and Keys" itself.

I could easily be wrong, and I don't know this stuff, but I'm wondering if deleting the login password will cause issues with the browser keyrings, the way autologin can.

Posted: **Sun Jan 14, 2024 10:23 pm**

Zeno wrote: Sun Jan 14, 2024 9:28 pm Same case here but I have placed passwords everywhere and now I want it to be optimal. So I think I should remove Login password.

I think the real question here is "Who are you trying to keep out of your system?" You haven't explained what your threat model looks like.

Posted: **Tue Jan 16, 2024 12:46 am**

MXRobo wrote: Sun Jan 14, 2024 10:19 pm @Mauser
If I understand correctly, your encrypted login either "handles" your normal user login which might then "handle" "Passwords and Keys" (aka Seahorse, the GUI for gnome-keyring), thereby providing your browser keyring passwords; or your encrypted login bypasses your normal user login and manages "Passwords and Keys" itself.

I could easily be wrong, and I don't know this stuff, but I'm wondering if deleting the login password will cause issues with the browser keyrings, the way autologin can.

I don't know.

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