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The default credential store can be set with $DefaultSystemCredentialStore=<|"Backend"->"backend","Keyring"->"keyring"|>.
Values assigned to $DefaultSystemCredentialStore are remembered between kernel sessions.
If defined, $DefaultSystemCredentialStore is used to initialize $SystemCredentialStore when the system starts.

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On some systems, the default credential store is not defined initially:

In this case, $SystemCredentialStore is initialized with default values suitable for your system:

If defined previously, this gives the current default credential store settings:

In this case, it is used to initialize $SystemCredentialStore:

Change the default credential store, which will be used in future sessions:

Also apply the new default to the current session:

Remove any persistent setting for $DefaultSystemCredentialStore:

The system credential store is initialized from the value, if any, of $DefaultSystemCredentialStore:

If no default has been set, a built-in system-specific setting is used:

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