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Questions tagged [kwallet]

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How to reset KDE wallet password in linux?

I have installed OpenSUSE on my laptop. I am trying to connect to my wifi. I entered my wifi password (correctly) and then it is asking for my KDE wallet password. I set the KDE password but forgot it. Is there any way to reset it or do I have to…
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keyring best practices with systemd

There plenty of tools working with keyrings: ssh-agent, gpg-agent, gnome-keyring, kwallet, wrappers like keychain, keyctl talking to GNU/Linux kernel. There are various recommendation on how/when to start it tailored for different environments. This…
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Disable KWallet password request in Arch Plasma 5

KWallet requests a password on startup. I want to get rid of this but I have found no way to disable it and also cannot remove KWallet itself: # sudo pacman -R kwallet checking dependencies... error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy…
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GNOME-keyring KWallet integration?

I use some GNOME apps, and some KDE apps, so some of them use G-keyring and some KWallet... What I would like to have is a single place for managing passwords. Is there a way to integrate G-keyring and KWallet? Or is there maybe a way to force…
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Is there a way to store Firefox passwords in a local encrypted database in Linux?

I want Firefox to "remember" my passwords so I don't have to type them in; unfortunately, the built-in password manager stores them in plain text, which is too high a security risk. I'd like to find a secure way for Firefox to do basically the same…
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How do I stop KWallet from asking my password to let the system connect to WiFi?

I've just switched to KDE and although I feel interested in exploring the opportunity to use KWallet for all kinds of cryptographic key/certificate files and some browser passwords perhaps if it can do that (I don't know yet), I absolutely don't…
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How to use Kwallet as default keyring

I am using KDE desktop (plasma 5 ) environment with opensuse leap 42.1. Many programs in my system use native keychain to store password like (JetBrain products). But when saving the password, I notice that the default keychain for my system is…
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How can I change the GPG key used in kwallet?

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.
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Store Firefox Primary Password in Secret Service

Is it possible to store the Firefox Primary Password (formerly known as the Master password) using the freedesktop secret service dbus API, in order to bypass the password prompt when Firefox starts and attempts to sync? If this were possible, the…
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Automatically opening kwallet while logging in to KDE

How can I configure kwallet to automatically open when I log in to KDE, so that I don't have to retype my password every time I want to connect to a wireless network or when Chrome needs some passwords, etc.? I am running KDE 4.6.5 in Debian…
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How to retrieve a password from KWallet; KWalletManager won't run

Trying to retrieve a password from KWallet, I found that I couldn't open KWalletManager. Neither the menu item System > KWalletManager, nor Alt+F2 and typing in kwalletmanager do anything. Does anybody have any idea what I can do? When I run…
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Open old Kde Wallet/KWallet

Recently I replaced the hard drive on a laptop with an SSD. I recycled the old drive as a backup drive. I have the old home folders of my setup and nothing else. I have discovered that I am missing paswords which were stored in the old kde…
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How do I set up KDE, KWallet and ssh so I'm not asked to enter my ssh passphrase?

I have ssh keys set up and I can see my key in KWalletManager under ksshaskpass. How do I get it so that I am not asked for my ssh passphrase eg. every time I do something in Git. (It says: "Enter passphrase for key ...") What I would like is that…
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Can I use kwallet to manage PGP keys?

I have two PGP keys I use to sign and decrypt e-mails in kmail. When doing so, I have to enter the key's password (currently stored in KeePass). Is it possible to save the passwords in my kwallet in a way that automatically unlocks the keys as…
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Disable KDE Wallet from the command line

When I log into my desktop session, Plasma shell is unresponsive and CPU utilization is 100%. I have tracked this down to an issue with KDE Wallet and an attempt to make a WiFi connection. Unfortunately, I cannot resolve the issue via the desktop…
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