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KWalletManager gère certains de vos mots de passe dans un fichier crypté - mais Kgpg n'utilise pas Kwallet, ni Firefox non plus.

KWalletManager est un outil facultatif qui peut grandement faciliter votre flux de travail tout en maintenant la sécurité.

Les « portefeuilles » sont cryptés avec la phrase secrète que vous avez choisie
Les portefeuilles sont, par défaut, fermés. Votre phrase secrète est requise pour ouvrir un portefeuille
Les portefeuilles peuvent être configurés pour se fermer lorsqu'ils ne sont pas utilisés
Vous contrôlez quelles applications peuvent utiliser le portefeuille - tout le reste devra vous demander un mot de passe.

A right-click, context menu on the wallet in kwalletmanager offers maintenance options:

To create a new wallet
To open and examine the selected wallet
To change the passphrase for that wallet
To disconnect an application currently using that wallet
To close or delete the wallet

Clicking (or in some versions, double-clicking) on a wallet allows you to examine the contents of a wallet. From here you can remove any entries that you do not wish to be further controlled by the wallet. A further advantage is that it is possible to examine the passwords for individual entries - particularly useful if you have mis-typed a password and stored it. These activities remain secure, since they are only available after you have given the passphrase.

Tip

For greater security configure KWalletManager to use one wallet for local passwords and a separate one for network passwords and form data.

Some apps, e.g. octopi, offer multiple options for password entry, e.g. gksu besides kdesu. gksu then offers to store a password, say the root password, in the gnome-keyring to save you the bother of repeated entering of the password in short intervals of time. That gnome keyring is a "wallet" separate from the KDE-wallet. Another separate "wallet" is the file /etc/passwd for login passwords into Gnu/Linux.

Hints and Tips

How to make an application start using KDE Wallet Manager

Open KDE Wallet Manager, and go to Settings -> Configure Wallet... -> Access Control, and there adjust application settings. Useful if you mistakenly told an application not to use KDE Wallet Manager.

Use KDE-wallet with Python in a CLI: CLI.