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MrNeuneu

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Registered: 2018-05-01

Posts: 22

How to use kwallet

Hi,

An application I use (protonvpn) needs kwallet to store a password. I have the package "kwallet" installed, but I have no idea if it is set up right. I checked the wiki but couldn't understand what I had to do.

The wiki says "To unlock KDE Wallet automatically on login, install kwallet-pam for the PAM compatible module. The chosen KWallet password must be the same as the current user password."

Ok, but how do I choose the KWallet password? Nonetheless, I added the lines to "/etc/pam.d/login" as said in the wiki (I log in through tty).

When I execute for instance "kwallet-query kwallet -l" (there is no wallet named kwallet but it's just to try), it outputs the following:

Couldn't start kwalletd:  QDBusError("org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ChildSignaled", "Process org.kde.kwalletd5 received signal 11")
Wallet kwallet not found

The application kwalletmanager5 outputs the same message "Couldn't start kwalletd".

What should I do to get kwallet working? I have no clue how it is used besides that it's a password manager. I don't even know what its behavior should be.

Last edited by MrNeuneu (2022-06-04 03:55:11)

BAGLE3

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Registered: 2023-04-15

Posts: 2

Re: How to use kwallet

can you share if you solve this issue and how ?
many thanks.