Python/keyrings

keyrings

Another keyring db for other usage

  sudo apt install python3-keyring python3-keyrings.alt
 # which also installs:  python3-pycryptodome  python3-secretstorage
 # or

 python3 -m pip install keyring keyrings.alt

cryptfile

https://pypi.org/project/keyrings.cryptfile/

python3 -m pip keyrings.cryptfile
  ~/.config/python_keyring

Clear cryptfile config and cache:

rm -f ~/.local/share/python_keyring/cryptfile_pass.cfg
rm -rf ~/.local/share/python_keyring
rm -rf ~/.config/python_keyring

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clone cryptfile install

$ git clone https://github.com/frispete/keyrings.cryptfile
$ cd keyrings.cryptfile
$ pyvenv env
$ . env/bin/activate
(env) $ pip install -e .

example cryptfile session

(env) $ python3
Python 3.4.5 (default, Jul 03 2016, 12:57:15) [GCC] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> from keyrings.cryptfile.cryptfile import CryptFileKeyring
>>> kr = CryptFileKeyring()
>>> kr.set_password("service", "user", "secret")
Please set a password for your new keyring: ******
Please confirm the password: ******
>>> ^d

(env) $ python3
Python 3.4.5 (default, Jul 03 2016, 12:57:15) [GCC] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> from keyrings.cryptfile.cryptfile import CryptFileKeyring
>>> kr = CryptFileKeyring()
>>> kr.get_password("service", "user")
Please enter password for encrypted keyring: ******
'secret'
>>> ^d

from getpass import getpass
from os import getenv
from keyrings.cryptfile.cryptfile import CryptFileKeyring
kr = CryptFileKeyring()
kr.keyring_key = getenv("KEYRING_CRYPTFILE_PASSWORD") or getpass()
kr.get_password("service", "user")

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Error:

keyring.errors.InitError: Failed to create the collection: Prompt dismissed..

Cause:

This error occurs because the keyring library is trying to open a secure system dialog to unlock or create a credentials collection, but your environment cannot display it. This is a common issue when running tools like poetry, az cli, or flyte over SSH, inside a headless Linux environment, or within a Docker container where a graphical desktop interface is missing.

Fix:

export PYTHON_KEYRING_BACKEND=keyring.backends.null.Keyring

# or

dbus-run-session -- sh
echo -n "your_login_password" | gnome-keyring-daemon --unlock