Bug 208909

Version:            (using KDE 4.3.1)
Installed from:    Debian testing/unstable Packages

The kwalletmanager program allows manual access to the information stored in kwallet; however, I believe kwalletmanager requires KDE and an X server to be running.

A user may find themselves without an X server but in need of sensitive information stored within kwallet.  Here is a concrete use-case:

A user updates a Debian package, which breaks X such that it quickly seg-faults whenever started.  This prevents a user from starting KDE since X cannot run.  The user wishes to fix this problem by (for example) down-grading the version of X installed.  However, to do this the user must have network access.  Obtaining network access might require secret information; e.g., WPA passphrase or WEP keys.  These values are stored in kwallet, so preventing the user from connecting.

The wish is for some light-weight (e.g., command-line driven) utility for obtaining information from kwallet.  This doesn't have to be fancy, just sufficient for someone to obtain values from kwallet.

(apologies if this already exists! :)

Cheers,

Paul.