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Fix to keyring authentication required with wrong password message.
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How to fix "Keyring Authentication Required" issue (Ubuntu 20.04)

Scenario

Sometimes a window popup, asking you a password do make a certain action on the system

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But the problem happends when it says that "your password is incorrect"

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So, follow the below steps to solve this problem:


Steps to solve the problem

  1. Hit the Super button on your keyboard (the one with windows logo) and search for 'key' (english OS) or 'chave' (pt-br OS)

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    • Click the icon of passwords and keys
    • Right click on "Login" icon
    • Click to delete it

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  3. Click on ckeckbox and click "Delete"

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  4. Click the plus icon on top left

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  5. Click on "Password keyring"

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  6. Add a name to your password keyring (it can be "Login" again)

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  7. Add the new password. It MUST be the same that you use to login on your notebook's user!

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The end

mission-accomplished

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