KDE Wallet Service

[User]

Using KDE on Slackware 15.0. After running 'startx' if the computer is
left on long enough I will eventually get a pop-up that looks like this.

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KDE Wallet Service

The application 'kded5' has requested to create a new wallet named
'kdewallet'. This is used to store sensitive data in a secure fashion.
Please choose the new wallet's type below or click cancel to deny the
application's request

o Classic, blowfish encrypted file
o Use GPG encryption, for better protection

[Marco Moock]

This has been going for years with different machines. I do not
understand why it pops up or what it wants to store. Any insights
into what may cause this or how to track it down?

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/KDE_Wallet

TLDR: A storage for passwords and private keys that certain
applications can use.

Benefit: Passwords are not saved unencrypted on a disk and you can open
the wallet with just one password.

[User]

Post by Marco Moock

This has been going for years with different machines. I do not
understand why it pops up or what it wants to store. Any insights
into what may cause this or how to track it down?

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/KDE_Wallet
TLDR: A storage for passwords and private keys that certain
applications can use.
Benefit: Passwords are not saved unencrypted on a disk and you can open
the wallet with just one password.

Ok it looks like KDE5 for whatever reason wants to create a wallet if
one does not exist at some point while running. I went along with it
and selected the classic blow-fish encrypted file.

This created two files:
~/.local/share/kwalletd/kdewallet.kwl
~/.local/share/kwalletd/kdewallet.salt

Opening the newly created wallet from KWalletManager showed there were
no saved passwords or form data and kwalletmanager5 and kde5 were the
attached applications.

I added a password called 'test' in the wallet manager, saved the wallet
changes, and verified I could query it from the CLI

cd ~/.local/share/kwalletd
kwallet-query -l kdewallet # shows password label 'test'
kwallet-query -r test kdewallet # shows the actual password

Runs as a service called
/usr/bin/kwalletd5

Plan to keep the files under version control so I can track of if/when
stuff gets changed and by what.

[bad sector]

Post by User

Post by Marco Moock

This has been going for years with different machines.  I do not
understand why it pops up or what it wants to store.  Any insights
into what may cause this or how to track it down?

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/KDE_Wallet
TLDR: A storage for passwords and private keys that certain
applications can use.
Benefit: Passwords are not saved unencrypted on a disk and you can open
the wallet with just one password.

Ok it looks like KDE5 for whatever reason wants to create a wallet if
one does not exist at some point while running.  I went along with it
and selected the classic blow-fish encrypted file.
~/.local/share/kwalletd/kdewallet.kwl
~/.local/share/kwalletd/kdewallet.salt
Opening the newly created wallet from KWalletManager showed there were
no saved passwords or form data and kwalletmanager5 and kde5 were the
attached applications.
I added a password called 'test' in the wallet manager, saved the wallet
changes, and verified I could query it from the CLI
cd ~/.local/share/kwalletd
kwallet-query -l kdewallet             # shows password label 'test'
kwallet-query -r test kdewallet        # shows the actual password
Runs as a service called
/usr/bin/kwalletd5
Plan to keep the files under version control so I can track of if/when
stuff gets changed and by what.

All the passwords in one place, how sweet, almost as good as clouds.