On headless Linux, Gut couldn't save password
julien040 opened this issue · comments
Description
On every attempt to save a password on a headless linux (no graphical interface), gut will fail
Sorry, I can't save the password in the keyring 😓
failed to unlock correct collection '/org/freedesktop/secrets/collection/login'
exit status 1
Possible reasons
Gnome keyring unlock
gnome-keyring expects to open a popup to unlock the keyring. However, it couldn't because there isn't any GUI. So it fails to unlock the collection
Default collection login
Perhaps on some distros, the collection "login" isn't available. So it fails to unlock it
First solution: Unlock the gnome-keyring
As stated here, there is a solution to unlock the keyring without the GUI :
- Install the GNOME Keyring daemon.
- Start a D-Bus session, e.g. run dbus-run-session -- sh and run the following commands inside that shell.
- Run gnome-keyring-daemon with --unlock option.
If it's required to run all these commands before launching gut, it isn't a viable option.
This fits more for testing environnement
Second solution: Use Pass instead where gnome-keyring couldn't be used
Separate logic for saving password
If the user is on Linux, the library used should be 99designs/go-keyring to handle pass backend
For the other platform, zalando/go-keyring.
On Linux, we have to check if the user has a GUI. If yes, we use gnome-keyring (because it requires a GUI to unlock). Otherwise, we use pass
Add dependency
On the APT and YUM repository, I must add gnome-keyring to the dependency
Prompt the user
Gut should explains simply to the user how to install pass or setup it