kdewallet and kmail

[Art Alexion]

On Thursday 01 February 2007 14:32, Jeremy Anderson wrote:
> On Thursday 01 February 2007 14:26:35 Art Alexion wrote:
> > On Thursday 01 February 2007 13:08, Jeremy Anderson wrote:
> > > O.k. I have about 5 workstations at home running kubuntu 6.10 and 4 of
> > > them work the way they should.  It is not a huge issue but it is very
> > > strange. When I launch kmail kdewallet doesn't come up so it asks me
> > > the username and password of each of my accounts.  However when I am
> > > closing kmail kdewallet asks for its password.  This happens each time
> > > I start up kmail not just when I reboot or logout.  I look to make sure
> > > kdewallet is still running before I start kmail and it is.  Any
> > > suggestions?
> >
> > Do you want to use the wallet for passwords?
>
> I'm sorry, isn't that what is for?  

I like it.  Others seem to really hate it.  I didn't know if you wanted to use 
it or if you wanted to bypass it or turn it off.

> I really don't care about the security 
> of my data because these are mostly for testing and other things.  If you
> would like to tell me your phylosophy on the use of kdewallet I would love
> to hear it because I don't see it talked about much on here.  

As I said, I like it.  Less for security than for a repository for remembering 
passwords.  I think there is something inherently insecure about storing a 
variety of passwords under a single password.  To the extent that a variety 
of passwords means that if one password is breached, the others remain 
secure, if your master password is breached, all of your other passwords are 
exposed.

That's theoretical when applied to me, and I suspect most other ordinary 
individuals.  Security is not that big a deal, and I can't remember dozens of 
different ones in my head.  PGP encryption can effectively hide what is 
really private, and kwallet doesn't store that password.

So I like the kwallet as a password storage and management system more than as 
a security system.



> Anyway, out 
> of the 5 this is the only one that doesn't work and I am not sure why.

Is kmail set to use kwallet?  Perhaps try changing that setting restarting 
kmail, and then setting it to what you want.

Does konqueror use kwallet properly?  That is, is it a kwallet issue or a 
kmail issue?

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