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I'm using kwallet on my Debian system with a GPG key. The key I used while setting up the system has now expired. I've already created a new one, which works as expected for mailing etc., but I don't know how to use this to encrypt kwallet.

Jeff Schaller
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roli
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  • what do i have to do in kleopatra? – roli Apr 24 '17 at 19:25
  • I see my new OpenPGP key in kleopatra, wich is valid till 2018. When i start – roli May 01 '17 at 17:06
  • I see my new OpenPGP key in kleopatra, wich is valid till 2018. When i start the kwalletmanager and press here the "change password" button, i get an error, which tells me the key signature which is actually used. This is the signature of the old key. How can i tell kwallet to use the new one? – roli May 01 '17 at 17:12
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    @GAD3R: I don't want to extend the lifetime of my old key, i want to use the new one. – roli May 01 '17 at 17:13
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    Hello. Have you tried to open wallet manager. Export the wallet, delete it and import it? – BenjB Jun 04 '18 at 00:37
  • As far as I remember: yes. But i will (re)try this the next time I'm sitting in front of this computer. – roli Jun 06 '18 at 07:59
  • @BenjB this should be answer for this question – QkiZ Jan 11 '20 at 11:50
  • I will add it, thanks! @QkiZ – BenjB Jan 11 '20 at 15:15

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Have you tried the following:

  1. Open wallet manager
  2. Export the wallet
  3. Delete the wallet in KDEWallet
  4. Reimport the deleted wallet again

That should fix the issue.

BenjB
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    it's important to name a new wallet with `kdewallet` because system expects that name in settings. – QkiZ Jan 11 '20 at 15:49
  • Thanks, but meanwhile I have a new system and not using KDEWallet any more – roli Jan 12 '20 at 17:38
  • Maybe I did something wrong but I wasn't able to just re-import the wallet after deleting (got some error saying its unable to open the file). What did work, though, was to first create a new one and _then_ import the passwords into that new wallet. – luator Apr 21 '22 at 06:45
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What worked for me:

All steps but #2 are done in KDE Wallet Manager

  1. Do File > Export as XML. Export as encrypted as backup too.
  2. (optional) If you do not have have a new key already (mine was expired) - create one. I did so in kleopatra. Created one with default choices - personal OpenPGP key pair with RSA, with passphrase.
  3. Do File > Delete Wallet
  4. Create new wallet with name kdewallet (File > New Wallet) using GPG encryption and referencing the needed key created at step #2
  5. Do File > Import XML to import old wallet content.
  6. (optional) Everything should be good now. If anything went wrong, you can delete new wallet and Import encrypted the old backup with old content and old key.
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