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Latest revision as of 15:23, 6 August 2018
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KWalletManager manages some of your passwords in an encrypted file - but Kgpg does not use Kwallet, neither does firefox. |
KWalletManager is an optional tool which can greatly assist your work-flow while maintaining security.
- Wallets are encrypted against your chosen passphrase
- Wallets are, by default, closed. Your passphrase is required to open a wallet
- Wallets can be configured to close when unused
- You control which applications may use the wallet - everything else will have to ask you for a password.
A right-click, context menu on the wallet in kwalletmanager offers maintenance options:
- To create a new wallet
- To open and examine the selected wallet
- To change the passphrase for that wallet
- To disconnect an application currently using that wallet
- To close or delete the wallet
Clicking (or in some versions, double-clicking) on a wallet allows you to examine the contents of a wallet. From here you can remove any entries that you do not wish to be further controlled by the wallet. A further advantage is that it is possible to examine the passwords for individual entries - particularly useful if you have mis-typed a password and stored it. These activities remain secure, since they are only available after you have given the passphrase.
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Tip
For greater security configure KWalletManager to use one wallet for local passwords and a separate one for network passwords and form data.
Some apps, e.g. octopi, offer multiple options for password entry, e.g. gksu besides kdesu. gksu then offers to store a password, say the root password, in the gnome-keyring to save you the bother of repeated entering of the password in short intervals of time. That gnome keyring is a "wallet" separate from the KDE-wallet. Another separate "wallet" is the file /etc/passwd for login passwords into Gnu/Linux.
Some apps, e.g. octopi, offer multiple options for password entry, e.g. gksu besides kdesu. gksu then offers to store a password, say the root password, in the gnome-keyring to save you the bother of repeated entering of the password in short intervals of time. That gnome keyring is a "wallet" separate from the KDE-wallet. Another separate "wallet" is the file /etc/passwd for login passwords into Gnu/Linux.
Hints and Tips
How to make an application start using KDE Wallet Manager
Open KDE Wallet Manager, and go to
, and there adjust application settings. Useful if you mistakenly told an application not to use KDE Wallet Manager.Use KDE-wallet with Python in a CLI: CLI.