1# Linux Password Storage
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3On Linux, Chromium can store passwords in three ways:
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5*   GNOME Keyring
6*   KWallet 4
7*   plain text
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9Chromium chooses which store to use automatically, based on your desktop
10environment.
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12Passwords stored in GNOME Keyring or KWallet are encrypted on disk, and access
13to them is controlled by dedicated daemon software. Passwords stored in plain
14text are not encrypted. Because of this, when either GNOME Keyring or KWallet is
15in use, any unencrypted passwords that have been stored previously are
16automatically moved into the encrypted store.
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18Support for using GNOME Keyring and KWallet was added in version 6, but using
19these (when available) was not made the default mode until version 12.
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21## Details
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23Although Chromium chooses which store to use automatically, the store to use can
24also be specified with a command line argument:
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26*   `--password-store=gnome` (to use GNOME Keyring)
27*   `--password-store=kwallet` (to use KWallet)
28*   `--password-store=basic` (to use the plain text store)
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30Note that Chromium will fall back to `basic` if a requested or autodetected
31store is not available.
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33In versions 6-11, the store to use was not detected automatically, but detection
34could be requested with an additional argument:
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36*   `--password-store=detect`
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