CentOS - Jul 2013 - What does this Centos Network Manager error message mean

Here is the error message:
 http://i41.tinypic.com/2zz71bp.png

Wireless Network Authentication Required
Unlock Keyring: The application 'NetworkManager Applet' 
(/usr/bin/nm-applet) wants access to the default keyring, 
but it is locked.

The funny thing is, 
(a) I've never seen this message before (in a year of using CentOS)
(b) I am the system administrator but it won't take the root password
(c) I don't even know 'what' a default keyring is in the first place
(d) This only happened after I changed the SSID of my home network

When I tried to connect to my home network with the new SSID, this
message came up. Funny thing is that I never got past it, since it
seems to want a password that isn't my user password nor my root
password. 

I still connected to the network though. So, it's odd all around.
In fact, it makes no sense to me.

Q1: What password is it looking for anyway? (it's not root or the user)
Q2: Why did it let me connect to the home network 
Note: If you get this, I am on the network even without typing whatever
password that application seems to want.

keyring is place where passwords can be stored safely, without it saves
password(s) in plaintext ..

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2013/7/28 Rock <Rocksockdoc at gmail.com>
> Here is the error message:
>  http://i41.tinypic.com/2zz71bp.png
>
> Wireless Network Authentication Required
> Unlock Keyring: The application 'NetworkManager Applet'
> (/usr/bin/nm-applet) wants access to the default keyring,
> but it is locked.
>
> The funny thing is,
> (a) I've never seen this message before (in a year of using CentOS)
> (b) I am the system administrator but it won't take the root password
> (c) I don't even know 'what' a default keyring is in the first
place
> (d) This only happened after I changed the SSID of my home network
>
> When I tried to connect to my home network with the new SSID, this
> message came up. Funny thing is that I never got past it, since it
> seems to want a password that isn't my user password nor my root
> password.
>
> I still connected to the network though. So, it's odd all around.
> In fact, it makes no sense to me.
>
> Q1: What password is it looking for anyway? (it's not root or the user)
> Q2: Why did it let me connect to the home network
> Note: If you get this, I am on the network even without typing whatever
> password that application seems to want.
>
>
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On Sun, 28 Jul 2013 03:28:50 +0000 (UTC)
Rock wrote:

> Wireless Network Authentication Required
> Unlock Keyring: The application 'NetworkManager Applet' 
> (/usr/bin/nm-applet) wants access to the default keyring, 
> but it is locked.
You need to set the gnome keyring password to be the same as your username's
login password.

You can either (a) install seahorse and change the password, or (b)
delete ~/.gnome2/keyrings/login.keyring and re-create it.

Option (a) is probably the best one.


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