Bug 106185

Summary:	Use KWallet for GPG passwords instead of pineentry
Product:	[Unmaintained] kmail	Reporter:	bruce.lilly
Component:	encryption	Assignee:	kdepim bugs <kdepim-bugs>
Status:	CLOSED INTENTIONAL
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	eljefedelito, facorread
Priority:	NOR
Version:	1.8
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	openSUSE
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description bruce.lilly 2005-05-24 00:23:06 UTC

Version:           1.8 (using KDE KDE 3.4.0)
Installed from:    SuSE RPMs

This is somewhat related to bug 92619.

Encryption/decryption passphrases should be handled with KDE wallet.  Kmail already uses KDE wallet for things like IMAP/POP/SMTP credentials; it's silly to force users into repetitive manual interaction with an ugly dialog generated by alpha-level software that requires extensive manual reconfiguration.

Comment 1 Michael Skiba 2007-11-24 23:44:48 UTC

it's a security risk indeed, if you enter your passphrase hundred times a day..

Comment 2 Jeffrey 2009-02-09 23:56:03 UTC

I agree with this, plus KWallet can keep my passphrases and do it automatically, whereas pinentry-qt seems to forget rather quickly, meaning my passphrase is often on the klipboard.

Comment 3 Georg Greve 2009-04-19 16:31:14 UTC

Hint:

You can set the tim ethat pinentry-qt stores the passphrase, by adding the "--default-cache-ttl" option to the pinentry startup.

Comment 4 bruce.lilly 2010-09-09 11:28:12 UTC

Closing this bug -- switched to GNOME

Comment 5 Jeffrey 2010-09-09 15:41:18 UTC

Why is this bug closed, just because one person switched to GNOME??  That doesn't invalidate the issue at all for the rest of us.

Comment 6 bruce.lilly 2010-09-09 22:20:26 UTC

I closed it as I reported it and there's no other option for me to stop receiving copies of follow-ups. [indeed, even closing it appears to be ineffective :-(]

If you wish to take responsibility, clone the bug and mark this one as a duplicate, however...

This was reported for KDE 3.x, which has been abandoned (therefore WONTFIX).

If it hasn't been fixed in 5 1/2 years, it isn't likely to ever get fixed.

Comment 7 Jeffrey 2010-09-09 22:43:10 UTC

New bug at
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=250709

Please vote for it.  Bruce, sorry to bug you.