José Matos wrote: >> For some reason, laptop 1 only asks me once >> for my wallet password when I reboot, >> and never if I hibernate. > > It is configured that way. > > System Settings -> > Account details -> kde wallet -> access control > >> However, laptop 2 repeatedly asks for my kdewallet password >> when I launch an application. > > There is an option on access control that literally > says: > Prompt when an application accesses an open wallet > >> Can I safely disable kdewallet? >> I really don't understand what it is for. >> I just find it a nuisance, >> and it doesn't make me feel any safer. > > The wallet > allows you to store passwords in a single place guarded by a master > password. It is extremely effective for what it was > designed. I'm afraid my query was based on a misunderstanding. I assumed that KDE wallet was a new invention intended to supplement kwallet. As I understand it now, they are the same thing confusedly given two names. In my f-menu I have two items, kwalletmanager and KDE Wallet . Clicking on kwalletmanager does nothing that I can see, but I note that after clicking on it there is an application /usr/bin/kwalletmanager running. It is not clear to me what this does, or how one is meant to interact with it. As I recall, there used to be a wallet icon in the panel if one was using this mechanism but I haven't seen since many Fedora distributions ago. > Examples: > knetworkmanager > ... > The advantage is that the passwords for these > services are not stored on a plain format and that is really a good > thing. I appreciate the point of the wallet mechanism. As I said, I thought KDEwallet was an addition to this, rather as kdenetwork is an addition to NetworkManager. _______________________________________________ kde mailing list kde@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/kde New to KDE4? - get help from http://userbase.kde.org
