Bug 208909 - kwallet information is inaccessable without X
Summary: kwallet information is inaccessable without X
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 78906
Alias: None
Product: kdelibs
Classification: Unmaintained
Component: kwallet (show other bugs)
Version: 4.3
Platform: Debian testing Unspecified
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Michael Leupold
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Reported: 2009-09-29 22:51 UTC by Paul Millar
Modified: 2009-09-30 10:58 UTC (History)
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Description Paul Millar 2009-09-29 22:51:02 UTC
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.
Comment 1 Christoph Feck 2009-09-30 10:58:31 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 78906 ***