Index: keyring-5.3/keyring/backends/file.py
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--- keyring-5.3.orig/keyring/backends/file.py
+++ keyring-5.3/keyring/backends/file.py
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ class BaseKeyring(FileBacked, KeyringBac
         service = escape_for_ini(service)
         username = escape_for_ini(username)
 
+        # ensure the file exists
+        self._ensure_file_path()
+
         # load the passwords from the file
         config = configparser.RawConfigParser()
         if os.path.exists(self.file_path):
@@ -146,12 +149,16 @@ class BaseKeyring(FileBacked, KeyringBac
             user_read_write = 0o644
             os.chmod(self.file_path, user_read_write)
         if not os.path.isfile(lockdir + "/" + lockfile):
-             import stat
-             with open(lockdir + "/" + lockfile, 'w'):
-                 pass
-             # must have the lock file with the correct group permissisions g+rw
-             os.chmod(lockdir + "/" + lockfile, stat.S_IRWXG | stat.S_IRWXU)
-             os.chown(lockdir + "/" + lockfile,-1,345)
+            with open(lockdir + "/" + lockfile, 'w'):
+                pass
+        if os.path.isfile(lockdir + "/" + lockfile):
+            import stat
+            import grp
+            if oct(stat.S_IMODE(os.stat(lockdir + "/" + lockfile).st_mode)) != '0770':
+                # Must have the lock file with the correct group and permissisions g+rw
+                os.chmod(lockdir + "/" + lockfile, stat.S_IRWXG | stat.S_IRWXU)
+                groupinfo = grp.getgrnam('wrs_protected')
+                os.chown(lockdir + "/" + lockfile,-1,groupinfo.gr_gid)
 
 
     def delete_password(self, service, username):