Bug 468069

Summary:	With SDDM auto-login enabled and an empty wallet password, KWallet does not open the default wallet when logging in
Product:	[Frameworks and Libraries] kwallet-pam	Reporter:	Guillaume Castagnino <casta+kde>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	fishnet37222, john.kizer
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	git-stable-Plasma/5.27
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Gentoo Packages
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:

Description Guillaume Castagnino 2023-04-02 11:09:18 UTC

SUMMARY

Here is the use case. I know it’s not secure at all, but it’s for my elders, not familiar with computer sciences…
- The system is « single-user »
- kwallet is setup without password (because of next point)
- sddm is set to autologin, so PAM is not fed with credentials
- kwallet-pam is auto-opening the wallet at login. This was working because the wallet has no password.

This commit:
https://invent.kde.org/plasma/kwallet-pam/-/merge_requests/12/diffs?commit_id=09659874cc6cc3ab21314dc3b24a2db1bc77c46c
or it’s cherry-pick on 5.27 branch:
https://invent.kde.org/plasma/kwallet-pam/-/commit/d1910a2280d0394525bed903af16db4bd238e3e7
breaks my use case. It prevents opening the wallet without password.
Even if not secure, this use case seems legitimate to me.

So for me, this commit should be reverted. Thank’s!


Operating System: Gentoo Linux 2.13
KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.3
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.104.0
Qt Version: 5.15.8
Kernel Version: 6.2.8-gentoo (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11
Processors: 12 × 12th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-12500
Memory: 31.1 Gio of RAM
Graphics Processor: Mesa Intel® UHD Graphics 770
Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
Product Name: B660I AORUS PRO DDR4
System Version: -CF

Comment 1 John Kizer 2025-03-16 18:12:40 UTC

Thank you for the bug report. Unfortunately we were not able to get to it yet. Can we ask you to please check if this is still an issue with Plasma 6.3?

Comment 2 Dave 2025-03-16 18:23:16 UTC

(In reply to John Kizer from comment #1)
> Thank you for the bug report. Unfortunately we were not able to get to it
> yet. Can we ask you to please check if this is still an issue with Plasma
> 6.3?

I'm running Fedora KDE, which uses version 6.3.3, and this is still an issue.

Comment 3 John Kizer 2025-03-17 05:45:25 UTC

Thanks, I'm now also able to reproduce this on a KDE Neon VM using Plasma 6.3.3.