Keyring preventing VNC connection after reboot

**zipdog** · May 14th, 2010

I have a headless Jaunty server that I need to access from both mac and PC clients. If the server has been rebooted, I can SSH into it, but I can not VNC into it unless I unlock the keychain. The problem is that I can't figure out how to unlock the keychain from SSH connections, so the only available method is to attach a keyboard to the physical box and enter the keychain password at the server itself.

Is there a Terminal command that I can use to unlock the keychain? I have seen references to the 'security' command but that appears to be unavailable to Jaunty?

Is there an even better method than a Terminal command? I don't want to be putting passwords into the Terminal log if I can help it. Ideally, I would connect via SSH, confirm the keychain somehow, and tunnel in through VNC.

I've seen posts about this elsewhere, but none of them contain solutions.

**Mistrblank** · May 19th, 2010

I'm also having the same problem after a fresh install of 10.04.

I've enabled remote desktop and when I attempt to connect via the client system, the remote system has the keychain request pop up.

**1dirtypanda** · May 24th, 2010

i'm having this problem too. does anybody know how to turn this "feature" off?

**tbresson** · May 26th, 2010

I'm having this problem aswell.

I thought it might be related to autologon which I have but I havn't testet it. Found this thread afterwards.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...unlock+keyring

It kinda sucks you have to make your server less secure just to be able to remote it.