Bug 458737

Summary:	Unable to remove a Secret Service alias using D-BUS
Product:	[Frameworks and Libraries] frameworks-kwallet	Reporter:	Julien HENRY <henryju>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Valentin Rusu <valir>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	minor	CC:	kdelibs-bugs-null, mk.mateng
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	5.97.0
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Fedora RPMs
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Julien HENRY 2022-09-05 10:02:46 UTC

I was testing the Secret Service D-BUS implementation (provided by https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/kwallet/-/merge_requests/11).

I have added a new alias using:

    gdbus call --session --dest org.freedesktop.secrets --object-path /org/freedesktop/secrets --method org.freedesktop.Secret.Service.SetAlias test /org/freedesktop/secrets/collection/kdewallet


It worked fine. I could see the alias created using qdbusviewer-qt5.
Also the alias was in ~/.config/kwalletrc:

    [org.freedesktop.secrets.aliases]
    test=kdewallet


After this test, I wanted to remove the alias. According to the spec (https://specifications.freedesktop.org/secret-service/latest/re01.html), deleting an alias should be done using the special value '/'.
So I tried many variations of:

    gdbus call --session --dest org.freedesktop.secrets --object-path /org/freedesktop/secrets --method org.freedesktop.Secret.Service.SetAlias test /

But the alias was never removed.

Workaround: I had to manually remove it from the kwalletrc file.

Linux/KDE Plasma: Fedora 36
KDE Plasma Version: 5.25.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.97.0
Qt Version:  5.15.5

Comment 1 michaelk83 2022-09-06 07:04:53 UTC

Can confirm on KDE Neon User 20220825-0951 live DVD.