diff --git a/c_adlib/ad_gk/GnomeKeyring.cs b/c_adlib/ad_gk/GnomeKeyring.cs
index 4e4efdfc..9ea2f540 100644
--- a/c_adlib/ad_gk/GnomeKeyring.cs
+++ b/c_adlib/ad_gk/GnomeKeyring.cs
@@ -87,6 +87,32 @@ namespace Novell.CASA.DataEngines.GK
 	public static extern int SetItemAttributes (string keyring, int itemid, IntPtr[] attrs, int length);
 	[DllImport("libad_gk.so")]
 	public static extern int CreateItem(string keyringName, int itemType, string displayName, string password, IntPtr[] arrptr, int attrCount);
+	[DllImport("libad_gk.so")]
+	public static extern int UnlockRing(string sKeyringName, string sPassword);
+
+	public static void AttemptGKUnlock(string sPassword)
+	{
+		ArrayList alKeyRings = GKGetKeyrings();
+		IEnumerator kEtor = alKeyRings.GetEnumerator();
+		while (kEtor.MoveNext())
+		{
+			string sKeyring = (string)(kEtor.Current);
+			try 
+			{
+				UnlockGnomeKeyring(sKeyring, sPassword);
+			}
+			catch {}
+		}
+
+	}
+
+	public static int UnlockGnomeKeyring(string sKeyringName, string sPassword)
+	{
+		int rcode = UnlockRing(sKeyringName, sPassword);
+		return rcode;
+	}
+
+
 	
 
         public static KeyringInfo GKGetKeyringInfo(string name)
diff --git a/c_adlib/ad_gk/native/ad_gk.c b/c_adlib/ad_gk/native/ad_gk.c
index 095b5a58..1e467547 100644
--- a/c_adlib/ad_gk/native/ad_gk.c
+++ b/c_adlib/ad_gk/native/ad_gk.c
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ OperationCompletedCb  (GnomeKeyringResult result,
         g_main_loop_quit (loop);
 }
 
-
 static void
 CreateItemCb  (GnomeKeyringResult result,
                 guint32            id,
@@ -28,6 +27,21 @@ CreateItemCb  (GnomeKeyringResult result,
         g_main_loop_quit (loop);
 }
 
+int
+UnlockRing(char *keyring,
+        char *password)
+{
+
+        // unlock the named keyring
+        OperationCompleted cbData;
+        cbData.OperationName = "Unlock Ring";
+
+        loop = g_main_loop_new (NULL, FALSE);
+        gnome_keyring_unlock(keyring, password, OperationCompletedCb, &cbData, NULL);
+
+        g_main_loop_run (loop);
+	return cbData.result;
+}
 
 static int
 CreateItemInKeyring(char *keyring, int32_t itemType, char *display_name, char *secret, Attribute **attrs, int attrcnt)
@@ -37,7 +51,6 @@ CreateItemInKeyring(char *keyring, int32_t itemType, char *display_name, char *s
         OperationCompleted cbData;
 
         int i;
-        printf("ad:gk.c :In CreateItemInKeyring\n");
         printf("ad.gk.c : CreateItemInKeyring : Keyring %s, itemType %d displayname %s, secret %s \n",keyring,itemType, display_name,secret);
         cbData.OperationName = "Create Item";
         loop = g_main_loop_new (NULL, FALSE);
diff --git a/c_adlib/ad_gk/native/ad_gk.h b/c_adlib/ad_gk/native/ad_gk.h
index 8ff28b7c..497ab423 100644
--- a/c_adlib/ad_gk/native/ad_gk.h
+++ b/c_adlib/ad_gk/native/ad_gk.h
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ int GetItemInfo(char *keyring, int itemId, ItemInfo *info);
 int GetAttributeList(char *keyring, int itemId, GList **);
 int FreeAttributeList(GList *attrList);
 
+int
+UnlockRing(char *keyring, char *password);
 int
 SetItemAttributes (char *keyring, guint32 item_id, Attribute **attrs, int length);
 int