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#145 keyring does not accept password

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2005-06-23
2005-04-11
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Keyring suddenly did not recognize the password used to
unlock. Never changed it: followed advice in faq:
downloaded and installed 1.2.3 : still same
problem.This is bad.

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  • Jochen Hoenicke

    Jochen Hoenicke - 2005-04-11
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  • Jochen Hoenicke

    Jochen Hoenicke - 2005-04-11

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    Was there any unusual message? Or is it reacting normal
    except for not accepting the password? Which version of
    keyring did you use before?

    If your backup of the keyring database doesn't work there's
    a way to remove the broken password hash with an hex-editor
    so that keyring accepts any passwords again (of course only
    the right one will produce readable entries). Mail me
    (hoenicke at users dot sourceforge dot net) for details.

     
  • Nobody/Anonymous

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    Had exactly the same problem and could not recover:very bad
    indeed
    Jean-luc

     
  • Nobody/Anonymous

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    I get the same problem on Zire72 with PalmOS5.2 and
    Prerelease4 (german).

     
  • Nobody/Anonymous

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    I get the same problem on Zire72 with PalmOS5.2 and
    Prerelease4 (german).

     
  • Jochen Hoenicke

    Jochen Hoenicke - 2005-06-23

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    For all who are hit by the bug in 1.2.3, I have written a Java
    program, that should "repair" the keyring database. You
    can download it at
    http://gnukeyring.sourceforge.net/keyring-recover/

    Look in you palm directory for a file called Keys-Gtkr.pdb (the backup
    of the keyring database and invoke the java program like this from the
    command line (you need to have a Java JRE installed and in the
    PATH):
    java -jar keyring-recover.jar Keys-Gtkr.pdb Keys-Gtkr-Fixed.pdb
    Then install Keys-Gtkr-Fixed.pdb to your palm.

    Keyring will report on next invokation that the database got damaged
    and will give you the chance to repair it. It will now accept any
    password, but only with the correct password the records will be
    readable. If you entered the wrong password you have to reinstall the
    Keys-Gtkr-Fixed.pdb.

    Please tell me if that works. I can't really test it here, as I have no
    broken database.

     
  • Jochen Hoenicke

    Jochen Hoenicke - 2005-06-23
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  • Matteo Mascardi

    Matteo Mascardi - 2005-10-26

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    keyring v2.0 pre4 tested successfully with Palm OS v4

    copied same database on Palm OS v 5.4 (T5) and NEVER
    recognized pwd. I rebuilt the db several times with same
    results.
    Now I'm using keyring v 1.2.3 on T5 and it works fine.

    Hope this helps
    matteo

     

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