Is there a file with login information

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I think, you don't need it, because you haven't mentioned any keyring issue. This was for @GeekBone.

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What I found was interesting. What type of encryption is used?

So, let me summarize what you have learned so far:

    Most Linux has this ‘keyring feature’ installed and activated by default
    Each user on a system has its own keyring
    The keyring is normally locked with the account’s password
    Keyring is unlocked automatically when you login with your password
    For auto-login, the keyring is not unlocked and hence you are asked to unlock it when you try to use an application that uses keyring
    Not all browsers or application use the keyring feature
    There is a GUI application installed to interact with keyring
    You can use the keyring to manually store passwords in encrypted format
    You can change the keyring password on your own
    You can export (by unlocking the keyring first) and import it on some other computer to get your manually saved passwords
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From GNOME Keyring documentation:

Which cryptographic algorithms are used?

SHA-256 for hashing, AES-128 for encrypting the secrets. Note that although the documented file format has MD5 for the hash algorithm, the key for encrypting the keyring is not generated with MD5!

https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GnomeKeyring/SecurityFAQ#Which_cryptographic_algorithms_are_used.3F

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