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Kwallet - Password Manager for KDE

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Configure skypeforlinux to use kwallet keyring

How to configure Ubuntu to get Skype to autologin by using KWallet? Looks like skypeforlinux uses gnome-keyring as a default keyring, while for skype 4.6 there where a possibility to define it.
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unlock kwallet at login

before plasma 5 I had my kwallet unlocked at login and it worked well (same password for kwallet as for my session). Now, with plasma 5, it does not work anymore, I think I'm not far from working ...
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KDE Wallet & Keychain

How do I fix it so that I am not asked for my KDE Wallet and Keychain passwords every time that I reboot. I am using Kubuntu 18.04 with the latest updates.
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How can I get a credential store running in WSL Ubuntu?

I am trying to utilize a Go program called aws-okta which makes use of another Go program called keyring. The latter "provides a common interface to a range of secure credential storage services," ...
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How do I unlock kwallet automatically on login

Running Kubuntu 17.04. I do not have automatic login and have to enter my password to login. On login, I am prompted for the password of my kwallet (It is the same as my login password). How do I ...
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ksshaskpass asks for passphrase before kwallet

I have the kubuntu desktop 16.04. I use kwallet and ksshaskpass to unlock my ssh keys automatically on startup. kwallet is password protected too. My problem is that at system startup ksshaskpass ...
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How do I stop KDE wallet password request when connected remotely through VNC

I am using Kubuntu 20.04 (but had same issue in Kubuntu 18.04). I am running TigerVNC server on it and whenever I connect to the VNC server, I sometimes get a KDE Wallet popup requesting a password . ...
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Where does Chrome store encryption key on KDE/with Kwallet? Is it properly secured?

According to the google-chrome manpage: --password-store=<basic|gnome|kwallet> Set the password store to use. The default is to automatically detect based on the desktop envi‐ ronment. ...
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sign in with google temporarily disabled for this app in KUBUNTU Dolphin after re-installing

I'm using Kubuntu 18.04, I had this same issue before. I noticed that, when ever I try to connect by WiFI it asks for the KDE Wallet password, and also had the same issue in getting connected with ...
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Is libpam-kwallet required/necessary in ubuntu 18.04?

I have a fresh install of ubuntu 18.04.1. Running journalctl -b -p err in terminal I get: jim@jim-Z1-7623:~$ journalctl -b -p err -- Logs begin at Wed 2018-10-10 05:02:41 CDT, end at Mon 2018-10-15 ...
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How to fully disable kde wallet?

I'm on kubuntu 15.04. I'd like to use ksshaskpass, but whenever I run it, I get requestor to create kdewallet. I did disable kdewallet, as shown in How to disable KDE Wallet? , any my config files ...
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How to retain Enigmail/OpenPGP passphrase with Kubuntu?

I am using Enigmail with Thunderbird to crypt my emails and I would like it to retain my passphrase for some time. In Enigmail settings it is possible to set a duration to memorize the passphrase. ...
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How do I make kded5 and Plasma's network manager stop trying to use KWallet?

I have Ubuntu 20.04 and 22.04 machines with a persistent problem of showing an obnoxious dialog KDE Wallet Service: The application 'kded5' has requested to open the wallet 'kdewallet'. Please enter ...
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How to expunge Wallet Manager

I'm running Kubuntu 21.10. The KDE wallet system seems to have done me in again. How can I expunge it so that my system will behave as though it never existed? Merely unchecking the "enable KDE ...
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sddm + pam_kwallet5 + pam_usb = "open_session called without kwallet5_key"

With pam_usb set up and running, when the usb key is connected when I type password in SDDM, after Plasma started up, I see that kwallet is not unlocked. This does not happen when usb key is inserted ...
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Upgraded to 16.04 and kwallet now empty

I had a failure during an attempt to upgrade from 15.04 to 16.06 Kubuntu, so has to reinstall. I had backups to nothing permanently lost, by the new kwallet is not seeing any of my old wallet entries. ...
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I apt-get purged kwalletmanager and now my computer freezes and I can't open anything!

I purged kwalletmanager and now my computer won't open firefox or dolphin. I can't even use apt-get to reinstall kwallet, it just hangs in the terminal. I tried going into the bios after restarting ...
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kubuntu: kwallet forgot my luks passwords after upgrade to 22.04

upgraded from 20.04 to 22.04. mostly went fine. however, i had an encrypted partition which i just could click the folder in dolphin and it would autofill the password but since the upgrade it keeps ...
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Can Plasma's networkmanager store passwords somewhere other than KWallet?

I'm running Ubuntu 20.04 with Plasma desktop. When I boot up and login to the computer, I get a "KDE Wallet Service" modal with the message The application 'kded5' has requested to open ...
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How to get rid of KWallet

Tell us how we can easily to get rid of KWallet completely. Very bothersome app in my case, never use it, it just gets in the way.
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Is it safe to comment out kwallet in lightdm and lightdm-greeter?

I have a problem. I am getting some annoying logs of pam_kwallet not found. This is because of kwallet is not installed in my system. If I run the command more /etc/pam.d/* I am getting the below ...
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Installed Ubuntu 15.10, need help fixing pam_kwallet errors preventing me from logging in

History so far: Attempted one install, fought with video drivers for hours, and then I ran into an error while logging in again /lib/security/pam_kwallet5.so: cannot open shared object file: No such ...
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