How to fix WARNING: gnome-keyring error-3

How to fix WARNING: gnome-keyring issue

I get this warning when I try to run wpscan.

WARNING: gnome-keyring:: couldn't connect to: /root/.cache/keyring-XxxXxXx/pkcs11: No such file or directory

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Same warning appears when I try to ssh to git.

WARNING: gnome-keyring:: couldn't connect to: /root/.cache/keyring-XxxXxXx/pkcs11: No such file or directory

A quick Google search shows many users get this warning in different distributions, such as Ubuntu, Kali, Linux Mint Debian Edition, Debian, Slackware etc.

WARNING: gnome-keyring:: couldn't connect to: /tmp/keyring-IVaeDO/pkcs11: No such file or directory

When using PYLOTRO:

WARNING: gnome-keyring:: couldn't connect to: /tmp/keyring-YPU1bi/pkcs11: No such file or directory
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Here’s how to fix it..

Edit /etc/xdg/autostart/gnome-keyring-pkcs11.desktop file:

leafpad /etc/xdg/autostart/gnome-keyring-pkcs11.desktop

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Go to the OnlyShowIn line and add XFCE; at the end of it.

Note: If you’re using KDE, MATE, LXDE, XFCE, GNOME, Unity, Cinnamon etc. Window Managers, add accordingly. In my case it was XFCE.



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Save the file and close it.

Now reboot.

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That’s it. Now you won’t see that WARNING: gnome-keyring:: couldn’t connect to again.

Thanks for reading.